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July 25, 2008


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2008
July 18	Guatemala	The future is bio-diesel
July 18	Guatemala	Colom joins controversial Petrocaribe agreement
June 13	Honduras	Maquila sector faces ominous forecasts as the economy takes a downturn
June 06	Nicaragua	Gov't forced to grant fuel subsidy
June 06	Guatemala	Gov't seeks new ways to produce electricity
May 23	Region	Wal-Mart: an opportunity or a threat for small producers?
May 09	Costa Rica	Pro-CAFTA campaign flaunts the law
May 02	Region	Trade interests prevail in third round of EU-CA talks
March 07	El Salvador	Dubious optimism at CAFTA's two year mark
March 07	Panama	Panama signs FTA with Guatemala
February 22	Region	Growth fails to improve employment
February 22	Costa Rica	CAFTA faces new hurdle
February 15	Honduras	After year without IMF, new negotiations stall
January 25	Region	Forecasts of US recession strike fear in isthmus
January 18	Nicaragua	Inflationary spiral rocks population
January 11	Panama	Canal expansion up for bid
January 11	Guatemala	On his way out, Berger slightly boosts minimum wage
January 04	Panama	Slim awarded canal expansion contract
January 04	Guatemala	Unease over Colom's investment policy
2007
December 07	Honduras	Zelaya will import Venezuelan oil
December 07	El Salvador	Banks fined for illegal charges
November 30	Nicaragua	Minimum wage debate heats up
November 23	Honduras	Gov't freezes price of basic goods
November 16	Region	Poverty & inequity remains despite economic growth
November 16	Honduras	Country attracts Guatemalan capital
November 09	Honduras	Foreign interests pursue local bank
November 09	Costa Rica	Poverty rate down
October 05	Region	CAFTA yields few benefits
September 28	Panama	Canal expansion begins amid criticism
September 28	Costa Rica	CAFTA under threat as Vice-President resigns
September 07	Guatemala	Big business takes on development
August 31	Honduras	Green light for direct fuel imports
August 31	El Salvador	Growth Applauded While Exclusion Persists
August 24	Region	Central American Fiscal Reform: Stagnation and Resistance
August 24	Honduras	IDB fails to reduce poverty
August 17	Region	Remittance growth falters
August 17	Guatemala	Macro view hides widespread woes
August 10	Costa Rica	Central bank looks to reduce inflation
July 20	Panama	How about a raise?
July 20	Region	Telecom market booms
July 13	Panama	Free trade with US impending
July 13	Honduras	The newest urban nation
June 29	Panama	Tourism boom
June 22	Region	Central banks “lose” $1.8bn by refusing euro for foreign reserves
June 15	Panama	Economic growth fails to trickle down
June 01	Region	FDI: another failed development policy
June 01	El Salvador	Gov't accused of cooking the books
May 18	Region	Why go to school?
May 11	Guatemala	Central bank to revise GDP methodology
May 04	Costa Rica	IDB program failed
April 27	Guatemala	Road to riches
April 20	Guatemala	Cafta: little to show after nine months
April 13	Region	IDB's agenda hijacked by private sector
April 13	Honduras	New round of IMF proposals
March 02	El Salvador	More local banks enter foreign hands
November 1	Honduras	Banking sector bonanza
October 20	Guatemala	Greater competitiveness coincides with low tax collection
October 20	Guatemala	Oil at the heart of a geopolitical power struggle
October 13	Nicaragua	CAFTA fails to benefit small producers
October 13	El Salvador	Remittances continue their inexorable rise
October 06	Guatemala	CSR: the new paradigm of power
September 22	El Salvador	Remittances used for money laundering scam
September 1	Region	Country ceilings up in four CA countries
August 25	El Salvador	Population perceives rise in cost of living
June 9	El Salvador	More fiscal reforms
June 2	Guatemala	Pockets of profit in a sluggish economy
May 26	Guatemala	CAFTA close to implementation
October 7	Region	Backward steps in competitiveness stakes
September 30	Honduras	Doubts over PRSPs, HIPC and CAFTA
September 16	Guatemala	Public borrowing replaces tax hike
September 9	El Salvador	Economy fails to take off
August 26	Belize	Recent IADB funded program accused of "hidden agenda"
August 19	Guatemala	Currency appreciation and inflation: an explosive cocktail
August 12	Guatemala	IADB evaluation responses leave issues unanswered
August 12	Guatemala	Interview with Principal Economist for IADB´s Region II
July 22	Guatemala	Economic stability not bearing promised fruit of economic growth and well-being
July 8	Guatemala	Obstacles to socioeconomic reforms: features of a functional crisis
July 8	Guatemala	Education: cornerstone of development?
June 24	Costa Rica	IDB loan intended to compensate CAFTA's losers
June 17	Costa Rica	Pro CAFTA groups behind criticisms of president
May 20	Costa Rica	FDI slow down expected in 2005
April 29	Guatemala	Economic environment favors big business
April 15	Guatemala	Seeking payments from big business at local level
April 1	Guatemala	Labor prepares for the worst
April 1	Guatemala	Public works concessions: the last battleground
February 4	Guatemala	Red flag for insecure capital
January 21	Region	Big supermarkets _ problem or challenge for small farmers?
January 7	Region	Textile Quotas Scrapped
January 7	El Salvador	CAFTA ratified
December 10	Honduras	HIPC status expected by March 2005
December 3	Region	Region "falls behind" global economies
November 12	Region	China and Central America: different paths towards economic development
November 5	Region	Isthmus hit hard by high oil prices
October 29	Region	Remittances: keeping the economy afloat
October 22	Region	Economic stability disguises crisis
October 15	Guatemala	Holes in CAFTA debate
September 24	Guatemala	Latinobarómetro: political system in jeopardy in Guatemala
September 10	Guatemala	Southward shift: betting on Brazil
August 20	Guatemala	Foreign borrowing: towards sustainable development or eternal debat?
August 6	Costa Rica	Mysterious discrepancies in Costa Eican and Mexican trade figures
August 6	Region	Pirated software dominates market
July 23	Region	CAFTA proponents: wage laws hurt competitiveness
July 16	Region	Rethinking privatization: second thoughts from the World Bank
July 9	Region	Steep decline in FDI
July 2	Guatemala	State still paying legacy of corruption
July 2	Nicaragua	Remittances market: competition increases
July 2	Region	Hunger on the up
June 25	Region	Kicking away the ladder: growing doubts about neoliberalism
June 18	Guatemala	International cooperation, II
June 11	Guatemala	International cooperation, medicine or drug?
May 21	Guatemala	Child labor: the perennial scourge
May 21	Nicaragua	Governent accused of false accounting
April 30	Guatemala	Government facing fiscal dilemma
March 26	Panama	Us and Singapore free trade targets
March 5	Region	Central American power grid closer to reality
January 23	Panama	Questionable economic growth
January 23	Region	CAFTA negotiations wrapped up
January 9	Costa Rica	Strong growth fails to close wealth gap
January 9	El Salvador	Economy at a standstill


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