Latin American Special Reports
Brazil: The next 10 years
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- Introduction
- Fixing the economic mess
- Can crime levels be rolled back?
- Reducing poverty in the northeast
- Tackling corruption
- Fixing the political system
- Preparing Brazil for the digital revolution
- Conclusion: two scenarios
This report has been written in what could be a good moment for long-range reflection about Brazil.
Special Report: Prospects for Democracy in the Northern Triangle (ISSN 17414474)
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- Introduction
- What is the baseline?
- Deeply disenchanted voters
- Problem Number 1: Crime and Violence
- Problem Number 2: Corruption
- Problem Number 3: Poverty and inequality
- Problem Number 4: Insufficient economic growth
- Problem Number 5: Emigration
- Looking forward: The coming challenge for the Northern Triangle
The main idea we seek to examine in this report is quite simple.
Special Report: How to be small and successful in Latin America (ISSN 17414474)
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- Introduction
- The global role of small countries
- What is the evidence for faster growth?
- Panama background
- Panama’s political context
- The performance debate about Panama
- Costa Rica background
- Costa Rica’s political context
- The performance debate about Costa Rica
- Uruguay background
- Uruguay’s political context
- The performance debate about Uruguay
- The Competitiveness debate
- Doing business
- Corruption
- Conclusion
The recently concluded Fifa World Cup, held in Russia, surprised many sports commentators.
Special Report: The coming transport revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean (ISSN 17414474)
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- Introduction
- The global transport revolution
- Latin America ready to go electric?
- Not just cars
- Upheaval in the auto-industry
- No shortcuts on transport infrastructure?
- Filling the investment gap
- The China factor
- The future of Latin America’s cities
- Conclusion
The world is on the threshold of a major transport revolution.
Special Report: Election Watch 2018 (ISSN 17414474)
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- Who is competing for power in 2018?
Costa Rica
- Race wide open
El Salvador
- Test for FMLN ahead of 2019
Colombia I
- Legislature poised to become more pluralistic, representative
Cuba
- Replacement for Castro due to be elected
Paraguay
- Echoes of 2008
Colombia II
- Wide open race to become Santos’s successor
Barbados
- Third party complications
Grenada
- The NNP looks secure
Mexico
- Down to the wire
Brazil
- Ten months to go and everything to play for
Peru
- A litmus test
Venezuela
- Predictably unpredictable
By the end of 2018, a very different political landscape could have emerged across Latin America and the Caribbean.