Development
in Central America
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Government of the Republic and the Millennium Challenge Corporation have announced that El Salvador was chosen to opt for a second grant aimed at developing the country's coastal marine area.
The Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Alex Segovia, said at a press conference that this project will be developed in five years and a consultation process will be initiated straight away in order to build a "technically consistent" proposal.
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2011-2012.
ECLAC, FAO and IICA press release:
San Jose, Costa Rica, October 21 (ECLAC/FAO/IICA). Despite the current context of volatility and high food prices, in the long term, the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will be able to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by having available land - albeit concentrated in a few countries- a relative abundance of water, biodiversity and well-educated human resources.
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Outlook for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Americas: A perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean 2011-2012.
ECLAC, FAO and IICA press release:
San Jose, Costa Rica, October 21 (ECLAC/FAO/IICA). Despite the current context of volatility and high food prices, in the long term, the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will be able to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by having available land - albeit concentrated in a few countries- a relative abundance of water, biodiversity and well-educated human resources.
Friday, October 7, 2011
An IDB loan will support a new framework for reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change.
A press release of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reads:
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Backing education and economic growth will be the key to Panama resembling Singapore more than Dubai in the future.
For some, the future of Panama is similar to Dubai today.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
A constitutional statue law on the Special Development Regions (RED’s by Spanish initials) has been approved in the first debate in Congress.
The new law defines RED’s as autonomous cities, which will be led by an "executive governor", a "policy board" and a "constitutional council".
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Turning Panama into the Singapore of America requires improving education and strengthening institutional infrastructure, not just physical infrastructure.
As outlined in an article in Radiolaprimerisima.com, "Thus says the president of the Economists Association of Panama, Raul Moreira, who asserts that in both senses, the country has far to go to reach the level of Singapore", noting in particular the poor quality of its education system and lack of transparency in public institutions.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Along with the pace of strong growth in the Panamanian economy in recent years, so too is growing a new middle class who are driving consumption.
Homes and cars are the main investment goals of the new Panamanian middle class.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Government, business and international experts will discuss how to get the country to boost local capacity and take advantage of the opportunities of the global economy.
On June 30th, the Americas Society/Council of the Americas, together with the World Bank and the Government of Costa Rica will host its first Latin American Cities Conference in Costa Rica. With a group of leading public and private sector officials, this conference will analyze the current state of the technology, education, and infrastructural sectors, and how the country should continue building local capacity in order to face the growing challenges of the global economy.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
A document contains summarized development proposals for 541 major projects with a total investment budget of over $2,500 million.
The overall objective of the plan is to formulate a tool for territorial planning in the medium and long term (projected to the year 2024), which integrates proposed land development - rural and urban- at a local and sub-regional level, with the opportunities and challenges of each of the municipalities that are part of the Sub Region 1, in order to achieve feasible and viable proposals that will contribute to improving the economic, social, and environmental conditions and the quality of life of its inhabitants, providing the social agents with an instrument that will allow them to manage local development efficiently .
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
In the last ten years the country has failed to improve its standards in logistics development.
On the contrary, according to the last measurement Logistics Development Index conducted by the World Bank, last year 2009, the country fell by 20 positions.
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Government of Honduras signed an agreement with the Korean company Posco, to carry out feasibility studies for the construction of the first "charter city".
The agreement states that the Korean company will perform the necessary analysis to determine whether it is possible to build the charter cities in selected regions.
Friday, April 29, 2011
The funds will go to social projects, both productive and humanitarian, that are aimed at groups that have been traditionally excluded.
These projects include various forms of cooperation including technical assistance, as well as humanitarian aid and financial support for different population segments, such as victims of sexual abuse, bodies of the civil protection system like the Fire Department and the agricultural sector and the Vocational Training Institute (INSAFORP).
Monday, April 25, 2011
Greater respect for property rights leads to faster economic development
The order of the countries in the 2011 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) report is less important than the conclusions that are possible to obtain by analyzing correlations between the parameters that comprise the index and economic development.
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