Peru has restructured the state, privatized state-owned companies and opened the market.
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Pushing Privatization
The government’s national plan for promotion of investment includes ambitious targets for privatization. The electricity, telecommunications, postal and water companies will all be sold; roads, ports, airports and customs operations […]
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Putting Closure on a Crisis
Jamaica has paid a heavy price for its botched financial sector liberalization of the 1990s. Omar Davies, Jamaica’s finance minister, estimates the 1997 banking crisis cost the country J$125 billion […]
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Back in the Markets
Having won International Monetary Fund support for his economic program, and political backing with a successful donors’ conference in October 2001 that achieved $600 million of donations and $1 billion […]
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Standing the Test of Time, OCP Ecuador Forges Ahead
How do you get international banks and insurance companies to lend for up to 17 years on a pipeline involving complicated engineering at high altitude passing through an area subject […]
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Building Economic Growth
Peru has high hopes that the building industry can help lead an economic recovery.
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The Mother of Dollarization
Known in Ecuador as “the mother of dollarization,” Joyce Ginatta is an unlikely shaper of monetary policy. A grandmother of 12 and a self-made businesswoman – she made most of […]
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Cleaned Up And Moving On
After getting on top of their problem loans, Peru’s banks are ready to boost lending.
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Building on the US Legacy
Panama has not found it as easy as it had hoped to attract investment into areas once occupied by American troops. Development of the reverted areas has been plagued by false starts and delays.
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Challenges Ahead for Canal
Users of the Canal have enjoyed a smooth and efficient transition to Panamanian control. But tough investment decisions regarding expansion now loom.