Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department

Bolivia has requested a purchase under the RFI to cover the urgent balance of payments need arising from an ongoing shift in its terms of trade, slowdown in capital flows, and sudden increase in health care expenditure needs, precipitated by the COVID-19 epidemic. Staff assess that Bolivia meets the eligibility requirements for the RFI. Public debt is sustainable, and Bolivia has adequate capacity to repay the Fund.

The ongoing global turmoil represents a confluence of negative shocks for Latin America and the Caribbean: a freeze in global credit markets, weaker external demand, and lower commodity prices. But the region is expected to deal with these global shocks better than in previous crises, reflecting progress made in improving macroeconomic fundamentals over the past decade. Still, there are a number of downside risks going forward. Against this uncertain background, the report discusses the implications of the global financial crisis for the regional outlook and the corresponding challenges...

This book investigates the competitive dynamics that are transforming banking, it describes the proposals of the fintech universe to improve the finances of people and companies, details the future role of new forms of digital money and analyzes the different technologies that are giving birth the new world.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: Distinction, Bond University Australia, language: English, abstract: Abstract "Communism was based on everyone being the same. Being different was a threat. Right now, Russian society is going through the painful process of reforming itself, and ridding itself of old ways of thinking. Although differences are officially allowed by the authorities great animosity still exists towards anything or anybody that is not average." Marina Tyanhelkova, International Republican...

Tus diferencias son tus fortalezas Enf&ócate en tus diferencias Muchas veces intentamos emular a aquellos que han alcanzado el &éxito y, por m&ás tiempo y recursos que invertimos en ello, no lo conseguimos. El error est&á en pensar que hay dos caminos iguales. Por eso nos decepcionamos y nos olvidamos de lo m&ás importante: sacar a la luz las cualidades que nos distinguen de los dem&ás. Este libro nos ense&ña a adoptar un enfoque creativo: si logramos integrar nuestros objetivos con lo que realmente nos gustar&ía hacer en la vida, sin duda habremos encontrado nuestro propio camino. La ...

As usual in this series, Chapter 1 reviews the configuration of global risks and assesses the outstanding short term opportunities and challenges facing the LAC region. We document the significant slowdown in economic activity across the region, and explore the possibility of this being the ‘new normal’. In Chapter 2 we assess if the major social gains achieved during the ‘Golden Decade’, in particular the decline in inequality, will hold in this less supportive environment, and discuss alternative policy responses to preserve and further the equity gains in the region.