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1 – 10 of 13The pandemic appears to have further increased the size of Peru’s large informal sector, in which productivity and remuneration are both low. Earlier economic growth did not feed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264124
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Several workers’ unions launched protests in July in anticipation of the reform’s approval, claiming it undermines labour rights. The protests are symptomatic of growing…
This is positive news for the country, which experienced a sharp economic decline in 2020 and had been struggling to bolster economic activity for several years before that. New…
President Luis Arce will seek to steer a consensual policy with respect to Bolivia’s business community, despite attacking some members of the former interim presidency of Jeanine…
The move is part of a trade offensive by President Luis Lacalle Pou, who has instructed the foreign ministry to explore possible FTAs with other countries as well. In a region…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264429
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President Luis Lacalle Pou’s government has strong public support thanks to a tepid economic recovery and improvements in security, and despite a new wave of COVID-19 cases…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267062
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In June, Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called for a comprehensive reform of the healthcare system. Against the backdrop of weaknesses exposed by the COVID-19…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262825
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Water privatisation fears.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235797
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Fiscal reform protests.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238712
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The move followed days of protests in response to plans for tax reforms designed to rein in the country’s burgeoning fiscal deficit.