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1. A Synchronized Global Upturn and the Outlook for the United States and Canada »
Chapter
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department : Seizing the Momentum
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018–19 have improved across all regions, reinf...
5. Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: Gains during the Commodity Boom but an Uncertain Outlook »
Chapter
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department : Seizing the Momentum
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Latin America has made impressive progress in reducing inequality and poverty since the turn of the century, although it remains the most unequal region in the world. The declines in inequality...
Chapter 2. Benefits of More Global and Regional Financial Integration in Latin America »
Chapter
Source: Financial Integration in Latin America : A New Strategy for a New Normal
Series: Books
Author(s): Charles Enoch , Wouter Bossu , Carlos Caceres , and Diva Singh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 April 2017
ISBN: 9781513520247
Keywords: Cross-border banking, Financial integration, Latin American regional banking, commodity supercycle, fragmentation, international banking system, growth, policymaking, Latin America, regional financial integration
After a period of endemic economic and financial crises during the 1980s to 1990s, many Latin American countries opened up their previously closed economies to international financial institutions at the tur...