Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 7/4/2020, Issue 9201, p26-27. 2p.

Abstract:The article examines how Covid-19 pandemic has given Cartagena, a city in Colombia, a chance to restrain tourism. It mentions that Cartagena has joined the "living heritage programme" of the Inter-American Development Bank, that advises cities on how t...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 2/3/2018, Vol. 426 Issue 9077, p29-30. 2p.

Abstract:The article reports on the legalization of same sex marriage in the Latin American and Caribbean countries by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). It cites on the legality of same sex marriage in Costa Rica which provoked an outcry in the ...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 3/30/2019, Vol. 430 Issue 9136, p76-76. 1/3p.

Abstract:The article reveals that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) plans to hold its 2019 meeting elsewhere, after China refused a visa to Ricardo Hausmann, an economist at Harvard University who was approved as Venezuela's representative at the bank.

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 4/26/2014, Vol. 411 Issue 8884, p35-36. 2p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Map.

Abstract:The article focuses on petroleum extraction along the Amazon River in 2014 and how it impacts natives living in the area. Topics include the influx of workers into Peru due to the Camisea gas project, if petroleum extraction disturbs isolated tribes, a...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 6/9/2012, Vol. 403 Issue 8788, p41-42. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Abstract:The article looks at the human rights watchdog organizations the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). Topics include their work on publicizing human rights abuses in Latin America during the 19...

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Source(s):Economist. 4/1/2000, Vol. 355 Issue 8164, p33-34. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Abstract:Focuses on economic conditions in Latin America, in light of the March 2000 annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Role of raw materials prices in recovery from the financial crises of 1998 and 1999; Fiscal policies; Regional var...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 4/13/1991, Vol. 319 Issue 7702, p77-78. 2p.

Abstract:Reports on the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in Nagoya, Japan. An IADB decision last month to delay approval of a $350 million loan for sanitation projects in Brazil; Size of debt; Zelia Cardoso de Mello, Brazil's econom...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 4/8/1995, Vol. 335 Issue 7909, p65-66. 2p. 2 Graphs, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.

Abstract:Discusses some of the happenings at the meeting in Jerusalem in April 1995 of the Inter-American Development Bank. Interest in macroeconomic management in the wake of the Mexican crisis; The exchange-rate policy; The nature of capital inflows; Lessons...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 4/16/1994, Vol. 331 Issue 7859, p48-50. 2p. 1 Graph.

Abstract:Announces the Inter-American Development Bank decided at its annual meeting to boost capital by two-thirds, and that 40% of new lending should go for social projects. Japan's boosted stake in IDB; Solid regional growth and economic reforms; Emphasis o...

Publication Type:Periodical

Source(s):Economist. 3/30/2013, Vol. 406 Issue 8829, p38-38. 2/5p.

Abstract:The article focuses on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an agency of the Organization of American States (OAS) and efforts by countries including Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela to limit the commission's autonomy and authority.