Danilo Del Rosario As part of its efforts to attract more hi-tech business, the Mejía administration has continued to support a ‘cyberpark’ project outside Santo Domingo […]
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Taking the first step
The Dominican Republic’s debut sovereign issue was well received and should pave the way for more public and private access to international capital markets.
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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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Banco BISA Branches Out to Overcome Challenges
Competition with foreign banks such as Citibank and BSCH’s Banco Santa Cruz have kept Banco BISA, Bolivia’s largest domestically owned bank, on its toes this past year. The bank is […]
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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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Banco Bolivariano Survives the Storm
Miguel Babra Lyon The Ecuadorian banking system collapsed in 1999, and the banks left standing are still reeling from the aftershocks. In July, the Ecuadorian government shut down the country’s […]
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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.