Search results

Informality will limit tax options in Bolivia and Peru

Location:

BOLIVIA/PERU

Labour informality and the tax base.

Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

Location:

INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

Venezuelan migrants could boost host countries' growth

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Millions of Venezuelans have fled their homeland in recent years as living standards have deteriorated rapidly, with the vast majority settling in other South American nations…

Costa Rica migration reforms will be limited

Location:

COSTA RICA

It does so in a complicated migratory environment. Migration flows are diversifying and show no sign of abating, anti-migration movements are vocal, press coverage of the issue is…

Somalia’s road to a new constitution may be tumultuous

Location:

SOMALIA

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has made the constitutional review a major priority for his administration. Yet despite significant progress, there is also significant disquiet…

Insecurity will limit Sahel-coastal West Africa trade

Location:

WEST AFRICA

Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…

Both growth and hardship set to endure in Guatemala

Location:

GUATEMALA

The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…

EU slowdown may reach Croatia and Slovenia via tourism

Location:

CROATIA/SLOVENIA

Croatia also recorded strong growth in the first half, its economy benefiting like Slovenia’s from a recovery in tourism. Tourism both exposed Croatia and Slovenia to deep…

New premier will struggle to fix Algeria's economy

Location:

ALGERIA

The proposal presents a reasonable diagnosis of the multifaceted problems facing Algeria, but it lacks data, priorities, timeframes or medium-term forecasts. The lack of…

Chile constituent elections will usher in uncertainty

Location:

CHILE

Moreover, the results suggest that Chile’s next president, to be elected in November, may not come from either of the two coalitions that have dominated politics since 1990.