South America is going to launch its own development bank this weekend. The hope for Banco del Sur — the Bank of the South — is that it will spur economic growth in poorer countries like Bolivia and Ecuador. Dan Grech reports.
Brookings Journalist-in-Residence Paul Blustein comments on this new development.
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South America Set to Launch ‘Banco del Sur’
December 6, 2007