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Latin American Economy & Business - August 2016 (ISSN 1741-7430)
Eastern Caribbean: Stuck in the slow lane
The countries and territories of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU)[1] are benefiting from growth in numbers of visitors and lower oil prices. However, they will continue to be hampered by structural challenges such as high levels of indebtedness, over-dependence on tourism and vulnerability to natural disasters.
- Investment needed for recovery
- Brazil: Olympics, impeachment, elections
- Colombia: Worries over a fiscal crunch
- Eastern Caribbean: Stuck in the slow lane
- Venezuela: Microeconomics: How to survive the crisis
- Haiti: The economy stagnates
- Region: Renewables go mainstream?
- Mexico: Is business falling out with Peña Nieto?
- Chile: Questions of adequacy
- Venezuela: Kicking the debt bill down the road
- Region: Corporate Radar
- Peru: The market darling