How do they do it? Public-private partnerships and universal healthcare
I pay through the nose for health insurance for my family, and I’m not happy about it. As a U.S. citizen, I don’t have the luxury of government-backed healthcare. Since I’m technically self-employed, I...
View ArticleUnderstanding FDI’s Benefits and Costs through a Sector Lens
The Pros and Cons of FDIEmpirical evidence over the last 15 years has not identified a universal net positive impact of FDI. When FDI is harnessed for good, benefits are: · employment...
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Caribbean women entrepreneurs: Smashing down walls to get to the top
Women entrepreneurs in the Caribbean are breaking through the walls (Credit: infoDev)In the last few decades, women in the Caribbean have made impressive strides to break through the glass ceiling and...
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Settling with Justice
Settlements in cases of foreign bribery cases are big news and growing. More and more countries are allowing these procedures, and their law enforcement agencies are using them forcefully in their...
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Helping Green Business in the Caribbean
Increased hurricane activity and rising sea levels are well-known effects of climate change, and they prompt solemn head-shaking when we read about them in reports. But in the Caribbean they are part...
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New Data and Momentum for Financial Inclusion in Paraguay
Paraguay’ s progress towards developing a National Financial Inclusion Strategy received a boost of energy and analytical rigor last week, as the Central Bank released new demand-side data describing...
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O que é preciso para criar uma economia próspera para todos?
Photo Credit: Mauricio Santana – Women’s Forum 2014 A pergunta foi o foco do Fórum de Mulheres realizado este ano nos dias 26 e 27 de maio, em São Paulo, Brasil. Em um país movimentado com a Copa do...
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What does it take to have vibrant growth for all?
Photo Credit: Mauricio Santana – Women’s Forum 2014 The question was posed at this year’s Women’s Forum Brazil held in São Paulo, Brazil, on May 26 and 27. In a country bustling with the World Cup and...
View ArticleShaping the Debate on Promoting Jobs and Competitiveness in Small Island...
The United Nations has declared 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), in recognition of the contributions this group of countries has made to the world, and to raise...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Competitive Cities: What Patterns Are Emerging So Far?
As noted in a blog post earlier this year, the World Bank Group is pursuing a Competitive Cities Knowledge Base (CCKB) project, looking at how metropolitan economies can create jobs and ensure...
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A New Model to Chip Away at the Infrastructure Financing Gap: Brazil Leads...
Infrastructure bottlenecks have created seemingly perpetual traffic jams in and around São Paulo. Photo credit: Marcelo Camargo/ABr. There’s a lot of time for innovative thought when you’re stuck in...
View ArticlePPPAmericas 2015: Taking public-private partnerships to the next level
The Latin America and the Caribbean region is crying out for infrastructure improvements. An investment estimated at 5 percent of the region’s GDP— or US$250 billion per year — is required to develop...
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Newest private participation in infrastructure update shows growth and...
In 2013, investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation declined by 24 percent from the previous year. It should be welcome news that the first half of 2014 (H1) data –...
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The World Bank’s Caribbean Entrepreneurship Program: One Woman’s Story of Growth
After managing businesses in television and tourism, Shirley Lindo returned to Jamaica with a desire to create a community-enriching enterprise. As the daughter of a St. Ann farmer, she chose natural...
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Competitive Cities: Bucaramanga, Colombia – An Andean Achiever
Modern business facilities, tourist attractions, and an expanding skyline: Bucaramanga, Colombia. When the World Bank’s Competitive Cities team set out to analyze what some of the world’s most...
View ArticleTrade competitiveness in Uruguay
For a small economy like Uruguay, integration into the global marketplace is one of the most powerful vehicles for growth and development. Participating actively in international trade allows Uruguayan...
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'If I knew that avocados had value, I would plant more of them'
Emilienne Isenady poses while showing off the crops on her land in Lascahobas, Central Plateau, Haiti.“If I knew that avocados had value, I would plant more of them,” says Emilienne Isenady, a single...
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Developing a financial inclusion strategy: 5 lessons from Paraguay
Increasing financial access and financial inclusion have proven to be effective in reducing poverty and accelerating economic growth, and are prominent in the new Sustainable Development Goals. But...
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Economic opportunity for women: It's good business
Achieving gender equality and the economic empowerment of women is both a moral and social imperative — and it's also good business. A study conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that,...
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Small states in search of big solutions: How the Caribbean Growth Forum is...
Grenada – Photo by Steve Utterwulghe Many Caribbean States have long been trapped in a vicious cycle of low growth, high debt and limited fiscal space. The impact of the 2008 financial crisis, as well...
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