To be effective, social and economic action must be gender focused Juan E. Notaro FONPLATA Executive President The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has affected women more severely than men, especially in Latin America, where they work mainly in the informal sector of the economy. “Women earn less, save...
Development banks are trying to reach global commitments so that prosperity is no longer a mere promise. Juan E. Notaro FONPLATA Executive President There is a group of institutions in the world whose assets represent more than twice the amount of money needed to buy Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet...
Juan E. Notaro FONPLATA Executive President Actions taken to overcome the negative economic effects of the COVID-19 should avoid the return to commodity dependence The governments of Latin America maintain their action to slowdown the spread of the COVID-19 in the region. While health-care...
Lessons learned from the health emergency may be extremely useful to face the major challenge of current times. Juan E. Notaro FONPLATA Executive President Before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in the beginning of the year, one of the major challenges humanity was facing was the implementation...
Juan E. Notaro FONPLATA Executive President The challenge is to assure that the sacrifices we have made so far pay off. I review Latin-American newspapers and the news of these first days of June paint a gloomy picture. The region has become the global epicenter of the pandemic and the economic...