Latin America continues in social, economic, and political turmoil in 2021. The vulnerabilities set by pre-existing conditions such as persistent inequality, high informality and exclusionary social protection systems have been exacerbated by recent health and humanitarian crises unprecedented...

We investigate the impact of firm-level characteristics, industry characteristics, and macroeconomic conditions on cash holding behavior and the cash holdings adjustment speed for a sample of Latin American firms during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic period and the 2008-2009 financial crisis....

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a large negative external shock to the global economy. Businesses worldwide were affected by economic, health, and mobility restrictions that impacted consumers' ability to access goods and services and firms' profitability and survival rates. In this paper, we...

Latin America was one of the regions hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper analyses, from a dynamic and comparative perspective, labour transitions triggered by the pandemic in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru. Special attention...

This paper provides an overview of financial inclusion in the Latin America and Caribbean region during the COVID pandemic based on 2021 Global Findex data. The trend analysis revealed that there was low level of financial inclusion in the LAC region. Account ownership and formal savings of the...