A recent plan to revive Ecuador’s sluggish economy leaves more than a few observers skeptical.
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The Limits of Austerity
Lawmakers approved Mexico’s 1999 budget by the skin of their teeth; but with renewed capital flows far from certain, how long can the economy bear up under increased austerity?
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Consolidation in the Cards
Mergers and a new regulatory body many instill some hope for Ecuador’s flagging financial system.
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Real Challenges
LatinFinance talks to Alvaro Guerrero-Ferber, the man recently put in charge of Ecuador’s aborted privatization process, and asks what to expect in the year ahead.
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Hurdling Mexican Bank Barriers
The proposed easing of restrictions on foreign ownership in Mexico’s banking sector reported by LatinFinance in May (Right Place, Right Time, Issue 97) appeared to be tailor-made for Banca Serfin […]
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Informal Benefits
In keeping with its reputation as a land of innumerable paradoxes, Mexico usually produces a silver lining to every kind of cloud-even when those clouds are laden with cement. In […]
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No Place Like Home (building)
It may sound like Dorothy’s refrain from the “Wizard of Oz,” but when it comes to Mexico’s construction industry right now, there is clearly “no place like home.” That is […]
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In their own words. (Jaime Serra Puche)
Jaime Serra Puche, Serra&Associates InternationalAs Mexican secretary of commerce from 1988 to 1994, Jaime Serra Puche was the Salinas administration’s point man for the negotiations on the North American Free […]
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In their own words. (Antoine van Agtmael)
Antoine van Agtmael, Emerging Markets Investors Corp. Sometime after arriving in New York from Asia in 1979, Dutch investment banker Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging markets” as a […]
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In their own words. (Nicholas Lands)
Nicholas Landes, Banco Popular Nicholas Landes returned to his native Ecuador in 1982 as general manager of Citibank’s operations in that country. In late 1985, he saw an opportunity to […]