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1 May 18
Jamaica is to develop a public financial management policy for disaster risk, the minister of finance and the public service has announced.
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26 Apr 18
Accrual accounting is “fundamental for informed decision-making”, Jamaica’s auditor general has said, as she called for greater adoption of international accountancy standards.
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24 Apr 18
Conservative former senator Mario Abdo Benitez has been elected president of Paraguay, pledging to retain low tax policies and boosting agriculture exports.
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10 Apr 18
The island’s new leader should ignore the doom merchants and make a virtue of its mixed economy, writes Gavin O’Toole.
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9 Apr 18
Regaining citizens’ trust in public institutions is key to resuming inclusive growth and wellbeing in Latin America and the Caribbean, a report by international development bodies has found.
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21 Mar 18
The United States has banned any financial transactions involving Venezuela’s new Petro cryptocurrency.
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13 Mar 18
Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is pretty much made out of thin air and is a desperate measure made by a country suffering one of the worst economic crisis of modern times, says finance academic Daniele...
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13 Mar 18
Jamaica’s economic growth continues to “disappoint” despite its successful reform programme, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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5 Mar 18
Brazil must introduce further reforms to ensure inclusive growth and unleash its full economic potential, the OECD has warned.
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28 Feb 18
Chile should use its economic upturn to address low productivity levels and inequality, the OECD has said.
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21 Feb 18
Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency raised $735m in the first day of a pre-sale, president Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.
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15 Feb 18
The US shows it is not as keen on free-market competition as it might like to appear in its attitude to China's investment in Latin America, writes Gavin O'Toole.
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30 Jan 18
Some government employees in Argentina will not receive pay rises this year because of spending cuts, the president has said.
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20 Dec 17
Argentina’s government has voted to reform its pension system amid violent protests, clearing the way for a package of economic changes to be approved by the end of the year.
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13 Dec 17
Leaders in the Caribbean plan to launch a new public-private partnership to create the world’s first ‘climate-smart zone’, following the hurricanes that swooped across the islands...
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7 Dec 17
The prime minister of Bahamas has announced plans to fully switch to accrual-based accounting, claiming that the current accounting system is “woefully lacking” when it comes to providing an overview...
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24 Nov 17
Barbados should cut spending or risk its debt problems rising, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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21 Nov 17
El Salvador has been hailed as a “stand-out tax reformer” as it climbed up 22 places on an annual World Bank index ranking countries according to where it is ‘easiest to do business...
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17 Nov 17
Russia has agreed to a $3.15bn restructuring deal of Venezuela’s debt over a 10-year period, Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
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14 Nov 17
Venezuela has been declared in default after missing interest payments on its $60bn bond debt.
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9 Nov 17
Puerto Rico is pushing for an “unprecedented” amount of funding and assistance from the US government to it recover from the September hurricanes, an official has said.
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6 Nov 17
The investment conditions for Argentina’s $69bn infrastructure plan may become more predictable following the results of the country’s mid-term elections, says Candela Macchi.
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31 Oct 17
As Latin America and the Caribbean emerges from an protracted economic slowdown it is confronted with a conundrum: where will sustainable growth come from?
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30 Sep 17
The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory with a population of just 37,000, was hit by a multitude of economic events that led to its near financial collapse. CIPFA-qualified public...
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28 Sep 17
Citizen participation has become a political football in Brazil, as austerity turns back its progress. Gavin O'Toole reports.