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Inefficiency worsens inequality in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Inefficient spending hampers efforts to reduce inequality in Latin America

Latin America poverty progress is being reversed

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LATIN AMERICA

Slower growth is undermining advances in reducing poverty and inequality, raising instability risks

Gender issues run deep in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Women’s political representation has increased in Latin America, but inequality and gender violence persist

US-Mexico border links set to strengthen

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MEXICO

With migration reversing, violence falling, infrastructure improving and trade growing, cross-border ties look healthy

The pandemic has worsened global cooperation prospects

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INT

Economic stagnation and employment or livelihood crises are most feared by executives surveyed worldwide

Weak long-run growth raises risks to the world economy

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INTERNATIONAL

Global GDP will grow by less this decade than the past unless there is a surprise uptick in productivity

Inheritance tax is poor answer to raising revenues

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INTERNATIONAL

Within the OECD, 16 countries levy no taxes on assets passed to linear heirs, while the average top rate is 14%

Latin America growth gloom persists

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LATAM

With modest exceptions, GDP forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean continue to decline for this year and next

House prices threaten political backlash in Europe

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EUROPE

The growing challenge in accessing affordable and secure housing could spiral into a political crisis if left unresolved

UK interest rate course to determine inequality level

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UNITED KINGDOM

Household wealth surged after 2013, especially for older and higher-income groups, but has fallen sharply since 2021