Remittance Costs: Latin America & the Caribbean
The Costs of Sending Money to Latin America and the Caribbean
Analysis
Confronting the Challenges of Migration & Development
Migrant transnationalism, in addition to being an expression of culture, identity and love, is an important economic phenomenon.
Migration, Remittances and Development
This document offers an introduction to the migration dynamics in Guatemala and proposes an approach to leverage opportunities.
Migrant Remittances & Development in the Global Economy
How do patterns of migration and remittances differ across regions? What kinds of frameworks support the contributions of remittances to local development?
Migration & Development: Trends & Policy Options
Despite the economic importance of migration, Central American governments have lacked integral policies to leverage migration for development.
Argentina’s National and Regional Development: A New Path Forward?
Regional development is the key for Argentina’s future. The new administration has developed long-term plans to eliminate poverty and inequality in Argentina. The priority is to generate efficient and sustainable programs by strengthening institutions, promoting dialogue and integration with provincial governments, and focusing on quality.
Guatemala
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Guatemala’s development.
Costa Rica
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Costa Rica’s development.
Nicaragua
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Nicaragua’s development.
El Salvador
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping El Salvador’s development.
Honduras
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Honduras’ development.
Haiti’s Faint Signs of Progress Take a Vicious Blow
Since achieving independence in 1804 to become the world’s first free black state, Haiti has been beset by turbulent, often violent, politics and a gradual but seemingly unstoppable slide from austerity to poverty to misery.
Central America
Central America faces a wide range of challenges in the global context, of which organized crime, access to trade and financing, and outbound migration are a few. This is a compilation of the most relevant Dialogue’s reports on the region.
Educational Challenges in Honduras and Consequences for Human Capital and Development
Honduras shows great disparities in education. Despite being one of the countries in the Central American region that spends the highest percentage of its national budget on education, it exhibits some of the lowest performance. The challenges that it faces are formidable, and include addressing illiteracy among rural populations, improving access to secondary school, increasing enrollment in post-secondary schools, and improving overall educational quality. In this brief, we review the educational landscape in Honduras, including literacy, K-12 education, and workforce development.
Issues Shaping Central America
A compilation of the most relevant Dialogue’s articles, presentations and reports on Central America: its development challenges and policy options.