The Americas Economy

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Entre los años 2012 y 2013, el Perú experimentó un descenso significativo de la Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED), tendencia que se espera continúe al menos hasta el año 2014. La caída registrada por los precios de los metales es la principal responsable de la disminución de la IED, la cual está afectando principalmente al sector minero.
Los poco esperanzadores resultados que arrojó la economía mexicana durante el primer trimestre del año, condujeron a que a finales del mes de mayo el gobierno redujera su pronóstico de crecimiento del PIB para el 2014, al ir del 3.9% al 2.7%. Si bien el presidente Enrique Peña Nieto ha anunciado seis pasos que el gobierno dará con el fin de acelerar el crecimiento, es probable que la implementación exitosa de la ambiciosa agenda de reformas de su administración determine si México estará en condiciones de solucionar algunos de los puntos más vulnerables de su economía.

 

On the back of repeated years of economic growth, more and more Mexicans are taking advantage of the macroeconomic stability and sizeable domestic market to create new businesses. An assortment of start-ups has been popping up across the country, especially in places like Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana and within the populous Mexico City, the...

How can private investment in research and development (R&D) be increased?

 

As the government attempts to open strategic sectors of the economy to competition and attract more foreign direct investment (FDI), much is also being done to improve science and research as a means to spur innovation. Increased spending, coupled with changes in regulation, is expected to fuel the growth of start-ups and make the business...

 

Proximity with the US, particularly California, has made Baja California (BC) an historical access point for tourists seeking everything from beaches to extreme sports to retirement tranquillity. Every year BC’s border sees around 30m inbound crosses from the US. That influx does not include those coming through its airport and seaports, and...

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