What lies ahead this year for Latin America? Well, it is easy to list a few of the main items on the region’s agenda: presidential elections in Colombia and Brazil, […]
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December 2001
Argentina’s growing difficulties are dwarfed by a slowing world economy.
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The President speaks
President Hipólito Mejía has ambitious plans for the remainder of his term.
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Touching down in new markets
Foreign direct investment and innovative financial structures are upgrading the tourism infrastructure.
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A country under-mined
Efforts are underway to increase foreign investment in the mining sector.
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Where are the aficionados now?
With the boom years of the nineties long gone, manufacturers in one of the Dominican Republic’s most distinctive industries – cigar production – must now confront a further period of […]
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A Dollar Republic?
Could the Dominican Republic be a candidate for dollarisation? It shares some obvious characteristics with El Salvador, which recently adopted the dollar: most notably a high dependence on the US, […]
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Will the good times roll on?
The country’s free zones have created 200,000 jobs and an export boom, but are now trying to stay out of the chill winds from a US downturn.
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Aiming for the major leagues
The Dominican Republic has a sound economy and a buoyant export market – and a fine reputation for baseball. Now the Caribbean country needs to fix itself in the minds of international investors.
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Been there, doing that
Peter Wallin Senior VP of Standard New York Securities The view that September’s debut sovereign bond put the Dominican Republic on the map for investors is […]