Mirko Stiglich, a young banker with skills honed in the international markets, has returned home to revive Peru’s catatonic capital markets and help integrate the country into the world’s financial system.
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The President speaks
President Hipólito Mejía has ambitious plans for the remainder of his term.
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Touching down in new markets
Foreign direct investment and innovative financial structures are upgrading the tourism infrastructure.
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A country under-mined
Efforts are underway to increase foreign investment in the mining sector.
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Where are the aficionados now?
With the boom years of the nineties long gone, manufacturers in one of the Dominican Republic’s most distinctive industries – cigar production – must now confront a further period of […]
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Primer Banco del Istmo’s Regional Mission
Primer Banco del Istmo is Panama’s largest bank, and is larger than every private sector bank in Central America in terms of assets. But that doesn’t mean its management is […]
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A Dollar Republic?
Could the Dominican Republic be a candidate for dollarisation? It shares some obvious characteristics with El Salvador, which recently adopted the dollar: most notably a high dependence on the US, […]
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Will the good times roll on?
The country’s free zones have created 200,000 jobs and an export boom, but are now trying to stay out of the chill winds from a US downturn.
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Aiming for the major leagues
The Dominican Republic has a sound economy and a buoyant export market – and a fine reputation for baseball. Now the Caribbean country needs to fix itself in the minds of international investors.