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1 – 10 of 114Faced with the diminution of foreign currency reserves, the government has taken steps to encourage exporters to repatriate the dollars they earn abroad and place them within the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286561
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The situation comes amid increasing authoritarianism in Nicaragua and suggests that Nicaraguans who have fled political persecution may be inadvertently helping to prop up…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283991
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Migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) sent a record amount of money to relatives last year due mainly to a strong labour market in the United States, where most of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284329
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CUBA: Economic plans will compound hardship
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES284218
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This marked a return, broadly, to the economic performance seen before the drastic pandemic-induced fluctuation seen in 2020 and 2021 (which saw a contraction of 8.2% and growth…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281326
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At the same time, private businesses have been allowed to import as never before. New privately owned shops caters to those with hard currency, but for most people the economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281234
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Despite the slowdown, growth in remittances in 2022 still reached double digits. This was mainly due to the strength of the labour market in the United States, where the majority…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280470
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However, towards the end of 2022, economic activity started to moderate as that of trading partners such as the United States slowed, reducing demand for Honduran exports. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280376
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Mexico has overtaken China in having the second-highest remittance income in the world, behind only India, which receives around USD100bn per year. Growth has been uninterrupted…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278744
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Economic growth has been meagre for decades despite increases in the working-age population.