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Pension pressures in Costa Rica.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218473
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256304
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Uruguay’s pension system has various sub-systems by sector and profession, and the mounting deficit is making change increasingly critical. President Luis Lacalle Pou is aiming to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273562
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Lacalle Pou’s pension reform has passed the Senate, educational reforms are under way and he is pushing infrastructure works. However, the opposition Frente Amplio (Broad Front…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275530
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The contraction preceded the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The large inherited fiscal deficit and rising debt-to-GDP ratio are forcing the new government to take unpopular…
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) had already raised Uruguay’s rating to BBB+, with a stable outlook, citing “prudent fiscal management”, but warning of still-high inflation. Despite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279754
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Post-default politics in Puerto Rico.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213057
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Continuing violent protests.
An early reduction in inflation is crucial to avoid a possible recession in 2023. Inflation is currently the economic problem foremost in Chileans’ minds, threatening further…
This would both constrain fiscal revenues and -- regardless of whether the proposed constitution is approved in a plebiscite on September 4 -- heighten pressure for increased…