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Informality will limit tax options in Bolivia and Peru

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BOLIVIA/PERU

Labour informality and the tax base.

Labour informality may increase in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

The informal sector in Latin America.

Informality will block poverty reduction in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The informal sector, accounting for some 25% of real output and nearly half the workforce, undermines development prospects. A high tax burden and macroeconomic instability push…

Mexico's dual labour market hinders development

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MEXICO

However, the country has a dual labour market with an informal sector in which millions of Mexicans work, without written contracts, guarantees to basic rights or social security…

Labour reform will not reduce unemployment in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Deteriorating labour market conditions are having negative economic and social effects. The unemployment rate reached 13.6% in the three months ending in April, with 14 million…

Poor productivity undermines Brazil's economic outlook

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BRAZIL

While the current troubles stem largely from unsuccessful policies adopted in the recent past, Brazil has underperformed since the 1980s. At the root of this situation is the…

Deficit will rise absent labour reform in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The outlook for pension reform.

Poor productivity will weigh on Mexico’s GDP growth

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MEXICO

While the crisis damaged the economy, compounded by the lack of fiscal response, Mexico has suffered from sluggish growth for the last four decades. Productivity, on average, has…

Reforms' concrete impact on Turkey may not be obvious

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TURKEY

The outlook for economic reform.

Uncertainty undermines Brazil's economic outlook

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BRAZIL

The result, which follows an identical full-year expansion in 2017, means Brazil is stuck in an anaemic recovery following one of its deepest-ever recessions, in 2015-16…