Central America
Kevin Casas-Zamora, Central America's Triangle of Despair, Project Syndicate, November 10, 2015
Jose Cruz, The Root Causes of the Central American Crisis, Current History, February 2015
China
Commodities
Latin America After the Commodity boom: Where to From Here, Rabobank, 2015
Emerging Markets
James Kynge, Emerging Markets: Fixing a Broken Model, Financial Times, August 31, 2015
External Conditions
Latin America: External Vulnerabilities and FX Pressure Valves, Rabobank, September
Latin America and the Rising South: Changing World, Changing Priorities, World Bank, 2015 Changes at the center of the world economy, how the rise of the South conditioned development in Latin America and the caribbean
Andre Meier, Watching the tide: Latin America appears better prepared to handle capital outflows than in the past, but its resillience might soon be tested Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-12-14/inequality-and-globalization?cid=nlc-fatoday-20151222&sp;_mid=50314621&sp;_rid=cmVsb29uZXlAbnBzLmVkdQS2&spMailingID;=50314621&spUserID;=NTI0MzQxODQ3NjES1&spJobID;=823383751&spReportId;=ODIzMzgzNzUxS0
Latin America -- Governance
Daniel Kauffman, Corruption Matters: Governance has progressed in a few Latin American countries, but corruption still hinders development in the region Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
Latin America - Growth/Conditions
Jose Antonio Ocampo, Uncertain Timnes: After a decade of social and economic progress, Latin America is facing challenging issues, Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
Nora Lustig, Most Unequal on Earth: Latin America is a region of stark income contrasts, but has been making progress, Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
Jose De Gregorio, From Rapid Recovery to Slowdown: Why Recent Economic Growth in Latin America Has Been Slow, Peterson Institute for International Economics April 2015
Moises Naim, The Coming Turmoil in Latin America, Carnegie, October 8, 2015 -- Many people across Latin America may soon discover that their recent economic advances are not as permanent as they think.
Agusto de la Torre, Doing it Right: If Latin America is to rely on trade to enance economic growth, it must find the correct approach Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Latin America: Back to the 1980s or Heading for a Rebound? (summary) Center for global development November 17, 2015
Latin America: Back to the 1980s or Heading for a Rebound? (Main report) Latin American Shadow Financial regulatory Committee November 17, 2015 -- very good
Latin America The Tide Has Turned, Rabobank, September 28, 2015 -- end of the commodity supercycle
Latin America: Locked up in the Middle-Income Trap, Rabobank, September 28, 2015
Latin America: Agricultural Perspectives, Rabobank, September 28, 2015
Indexes
International: Stability Indexes can be a deceptive tool, Oxford Analytica October 7, 2015
Latin America -- Monetary/Fiscal Policies
Luis Jacome, Been There, Done That: Tasking Central banks with mandates beyond inflation control recalls bad past experiences in Latin America. Will things be different? Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
Latin America - Politics
Latin America: Progress through populist Policies? A Mixed Pecture, Rabobank, September 28, 2015
Latin America - Politics
Christopher Sabatini, The Sad Death of the Latin American Left, Foreign Policy December 10, 2015
Argentina
Argentina: Euler Hermes Country Report
Argentina Country Report, Rabobank, February 25, 2015
Change Ahead for Argentina, The Dialogue, December 7, 2015 -- problems facing new administration
Benedict Mander, Argentina: Handover Fears, Financial Times October 18, 2015
Brookings, Argentina in Default: Why 2014 is Different from 2000, August 5, 2014
Brookings, The Latest Chapter in Argentina's Debt Saga, June 19, 2014
Brookings, Argentina in Default: Why 2014 is Differenet from 2010 August 5, 2014
Brookings, Argentina's Currency Devaluation: Back to the Future, February 4, 2014
Brazil
Rabobank Country Report Brazil, March 4, 2015
Brazil is Back to Junk, Rabobank, September 15, 2015
Rabobank, Brazil 'Downgrades' its Fiscal Target, July 29, 2015
Brazil: Petrobras' economic fallout contained for now, but risks persist, May 1, 2015
BTI Brazil Country report, 2014 -- mainly about governance
Euler Hermes Country Report Brazil
Chile
Rabobank, Chile: Economic Reality Holds Back Reforms, September 17, 2015
BTI, Chile Country Report 2014
Chile: Sustainable Governance Indicators, 2015, BTI
Euler Hermes Country Report, Chile
Brookings, Chile -- Can Educational Reform Address Inequality and Middle Class Frustration? An Experiment in Chile, May 9, 2014
Costa Rica
Alberto Trejos, Economic Growth and Restructuring through Trade and FDI; Costa Rican Experiences of interst to Cuba, October 2013
Eulor Hermes Country Report: Costa Rica
BTI Country Report Costa Rica, 2014
Colombia
Brookings, The Challenges Santos Faces, July 3, 2014
BTI Country Report Colombia 2014
Euler Hermes Country Report Colombia
Colombia: The Promise of Peace, Economist Special Report, October 31, 2015
Cuba
The Dialogue, Central America in the Face of Cuban Migration, December 8, 2015
Brookings, Ten Economic Facts About Cuba, July 17, 2015
Nucike Kafranbiusem Yanquis in Havana: The thaw in relations between the United States and Cuba could lead to a big shake-up in Caribbean Tourism Finance & Developmnet, September 2015
Bookings, U.S. takes a positive 'negative' approach to trade with Cuban entrepreneurs, February 19, 2015
Euler Hermes Country Review: Cuba
BTI Country Report Cuba, 2014
How Will the U.S. Benefit From relations With Cuba? Bloomberg, January 16, 2015 (vidio)
Brookings, What Lessons Does the Opening of the German Democratic Republic in 1990 Teach US About the U.S. Opening to Cuba? December 23, 2014
Richard Feinberg, Brookings, Cuba's Foreign Investment Invitation: Insights into Internal Struggles
Richard Fineberg and Ted Piccone, Cuba's Economic Change in Comparative Perspective, November 6, 2014
Richard Feinberg and Ted Piccone, eds., Cuba's Economic Change in Comparative Perspective, Brookings, November 2014 (book)
Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Institutional Changes of Cuba's Economic-Social Reforms, August 2014
Harold Trinkunas, The Cuba-Venezuela Alliance: The Beginning of the End? Brookings, June 2014
Ecuador
Ecuador: Country Report
Ecuador BTI Ecuador Country Report
Ecuador, Eulor Hermes Country Report
Haiti
Brookings, Resolving Displacement After Disasters: Insights from Haiti, March 14, 2014
BTI Haiti Country Report 2014
Honduras
Harold Trinkunas, Why is Honduras So Violent Brookings, October 1, 2015
Euler Hermes Honduras Country Report
BTI Honduras Country Report 2014
Mexico
BTI Mexico Country Report, 2014
Euler Hermes Mexico Country Report
Mexico Country Report, Rabobank, October 30, 2014
Adrian Lajous, Mexican Energy Reform, Colombia Center on Global Energy Policy, June 2014
Pamela Starr, Mexico's Problematic Reforms, Current History, February 2014
Mexico Shows resilience in a Complex Global Environment, IMF Survey, November 17, 2015 -- key challenge: fostering financial deepening while safeguarding financial stability
IMF, Mexico Title IV Consultation November 2015
IMF, Four Things you need to know about the Mexican economy, November 17, 2015 (video)
Mexico energy law
IMF Mexico Selected Issues, November 2014 -- Impacts of the energy reforms.
Brookings, Mexico's Secondary Law Provices a Path Forward for New Investments in the Hydrocarbons Sector, June 25, 2014
Brookings, How Much is Informality Holding Back Mexico's Economy? June 19, 2014
Brookings, Mexico's Education Reforms and Latin America's Struggle to Raise Education Quality, January 23, 2014
Nicaragua
Euler Hermes Country Report on Nicaragua
BTI Country Report Nicaragua, 2014
Brookings
A Transoceanic Canal for Nicaragua July 9, 2014
Puerto Rico
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/us/politics/puerto-rico-money-debt.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/opinion/international/let-the-us-treasury-rescue-puerto-rico.html
Rabobank Country Report, Puerto Rico
Uruguay
Rabobank Uruguay Country Report 2015
BTI Country Reeport, Uruguay 2014
Euler Hermes country report, Uruguay u
Venezuela
Harold Trinkunas, Running Out of Time: Dimming Prospects for Reform in Venezuela, Brookings, January 28, 2015
David Smilde, The End of chavismo? Current History, February 2015
Euler Hermes Country Report Venezuela
BTI Venezuela Report 2014
Harold Trinkunas, Beyond Venezuela's Default Debate Brookings, September 16, 2014