In Latin America, inadequate transportation infrastructure has been identified as an increasingly important impediment to the region's further integration in global trade and a significant factor preventing countries from properly taking advantage of the multitude of regional, plurilateral, and...

Climate change is imposing a large burden on the most vulnerable populations, particularly in the developing world. Establishing consistent causal relationships, however, is difficult because a multiplicity of climatic, economic and sociodemographic elements are combined to create the conditions...

This paper finds that per capita municipal spending on public services is strongly and non-linearly correlated to urban population density. Optimal expenditure levels for municipal services are achieved when densities are close to 9,000 residents per square kilometer. In this study of...

Climate change is imposing a large burden on the most vulnerable populations, particularly in the developing world. Establishing consistent causal relationships, however, is difficult because a multiplicity of climatic, economic and sociodemographic elements are combined to create the conditions...

Business incubation encourages new business formation and offers the potential to improve emerging market economies. Business incubation is a system of routines for creating and improving survival rates and growth of new businesses. Incubation originated in developed economies and is now...

At the end of the 1980's Latin American countries started a process of liberalization through which the traditional scheme of “production towards domestic necessities” was left behind. In Latin America different reforms in areas such as tax law, financial (banking) law, foreign trade law and...

This chapter examines the digital divide that exists within Latin American countries. It argues that information and communication technology is creating new opportunities that can be seized to support human development and poverty-reduction strategies. However, it also clarifies that ICT on its...

This prospective analysis on the adaptation of urban policies to the dynamics of informality in Latin America seeks to identify common patterns, shared consensus, and divergences among various aspects related to informality and urban policies in Latin America in a post-pandemic context. They...

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...