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1 – 10 of 65Faced 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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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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The administration’s continuous attacks against certain private-sector interests, domestic and foreign, have also rattled investors, seemingly contributing to increased capital…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272652
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High fiscal financing needs and an USD800mn external bond maturity in January 2023 increase the risk of default given the country’s limited access to financial markets. According…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274559
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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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NICARAGUA: Ortega win poses sanctions dilemmas
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES265303
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The success is reducing the Gini coefficient from 0.61 in 2002 was based mainly on reducing poverty through greater state investment and increased employment, rather than measures…