Guest post: Not so “sweetheart deals” from China in Latin America
By Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University Never letting data get in the way of a good story, pundits and policy-makers alike have clamored that Chinese development banks are engaged in “low-ball” finance that is out-competing Western finance in Latin America. …
Argentina rail crash: avoidable tragedy?
The train crash at Once station in the heart of Buenos Aires, with forty-nine dead and more than six-hundred injured, is the worst in Argentina in more than forty years. But for many it was an accident waiting to happen. …
The high price of booming Brazil
Businesses face a cost conundrum