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Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic; Trade Integration and Economic Performance
Cas, Stephanie Medina; Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242361
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Panama: Detailed Assessment Report—FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment Report for Panama on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF …) Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). Panama is vulnerable to money laundering …
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Panama: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Panama
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Panama’s economic performance remains buoyant. Real GDP growth averaged about 8.5 percent over the past decade, the highest in Latin America, supported by an ambitious public investment program, and accompanied by strong reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244157
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Panama; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Panama’s extensive trade and financial linkages make it vulnerable to adverse external shocks, and this would have a sizable impact on Panama’s real activity. In the absence of monetary policy, macroprudential policy tools could usefully complement microprudential tools. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244475
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Panama; 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Panama’s per capita GDP has doubled, driven by a steady rise in public and private investment underpinned by a stable macroeconomic environment and prudent policies. Easy credit and fiscal conditions should continue to support public and private consumption. Further fiscal restraint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244995
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Panama: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
Force (FATF) Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for Panama. The … AML Law in Panama covers most of the core financial sectors but does not fully apply to the insurance sector and does not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245412
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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Title: ¿Socios o acreedores? Atracción de inversión extran...
Cuevas, Mario; Manzano, Osmel; Auguste, Sebastián; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican … implementado, entre otras medidas, beneficios fiscales para atraer IED a Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana. A primera …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249335
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Same Bureaucracy, Different Outcomes in Human Capital? How Indigenous and Rural Non-Indigenous Areas in Panama Responded to the CCT
Arráiz, Irani; Rozo, Sandra - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
outcomes in areas with different incidences of poverty: indigenous and rural non-indigenous areas of Panama. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018900
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"Full Dollarization: The Case of Panama"
Goldfajn, Ilan; Olivares, Gino - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2001)
This paper analyzes the case of Panama, one of the largest countries currently adopting the dollar as its legal tender … drawn from the case of Panama are that on one hand, dollarization does not guarantee fiscal discipline, the elimination of … the low interest rates in Panama are a consequence of the dollarization regime or the competitive internationalized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021304
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Multinational corporations, totalitarian regimes and economic nationalism: United Fruit Company in Central America, 1899-1975
Bucheli, Marcelo - In: Business History 50 (2008) 4, pp. 433-454
The US multinational United Fruit Company has been considered the quintessential representative of American imperialism in Central America. Not only did the company enjoy enormous privileges in that region, but also counted on authoritarian governments in dealing with labour unrest. The...
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