Inviting investors into Latin American expansion
The region is experiencing its best growth cycle in almost three decades, with a promising outlook for 2006, said IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno at the Europe-Latin America Forum in Paris. Moreno encouraged European companies to generate a "third wave" of investment in the region, focusing on exports and technology.
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Implications of avian flu for Latin America and the Caribbean
While influenza experts consider the risk of avian flu in Latin America and the Caribbean to be relatively low, just how potentially dangerous is the disease to the region? Health is not the only factor to consider, as a pandemic of this sort could also have significant economic consequences, especially for poultry-exporting countries.
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Many people throughout the region are living in the shadows
In Latin America, lack of identity is a very tangible problem, affecting both immigrants and citizens alike. Living without birth certificates and national identity cards is a reality for millions of people in the region, leading to exclusion, social fragmentation and a general gap in demographic data to be used for public planning.
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