Erstmalig seit der Unabhängigkeit der lateinamerikanischen Staaten herrscht in der Region � mit Ausnahme Kubas � ein einziges politische Regime ohne ernsthafte Alternative: die Demokratie. Entgegen der Vorhersagen der Pessimisten und Skeptiker der Demokratie zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre hat...

The relationship between firms and inequality has been a focus of recent attention globally. This chapter summarizes basic facts about this relationship for Latin America. Unlike advanced economies where superstar firm growth has prompted concerns over disproportionate income growth at the top,...

The current economic slowdown in the United States and the decline in remittance growth to some Latin American countries have intensified the interest in the relationship between these variables. We investigate whether host country conditions affect remittance outflows to Latin America, focusing...