Dany Bahar

A former rebel (R), who now owns a clothing factory, oversees a worker in his workshop in Bogota in this photo taken on February 3, 2015. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is currently in peace talks with the government to end 51 years of war, face a complicated path to employment and a life away from crime as they try to reintegrate into society. Demobilized rebels are popular recruits for crime gangs and will have to overcome prejudices to become economically independent after they graduate from government reinsertion programs. Picture taken on February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez - GF10000135974

Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian labor market

Dany Bahar, Meagan Dooley, and Cindy Huang

Monday, December 3, 2018

A woman shouts during a protest against upcoming presidential elections, in Caracas, Venezuela May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC15653DF940

Venezuela: A path out of misery

Dany Bahar, Ted Piccone, and Harold Trinkunas

October 2018

A refugee takes part in a workshop organized by the Arrivo Berlin initiative to receive new professional skills, in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 2015. Almost a million refugees fleeing war, violence and poverty in countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan flocked to Germany in the first 11 months of this year. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - LR2EBCH0Y7J1H

How can developing countries use their diaspora capital?

Dany Bahar and Ernesto Talvi

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Cuban migrants walk after traveling en route from Costa Rica to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, before continuing their journey to the U.S., outside General Lucio Blanco International airport in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, January 17, 2016. Mexico on January 13, 2016 said it plans to grant 20-day transit visas to a group of 180 Cubans who were chosen from thousands stranded in Costa Rica to continue on their long journey toward the United States. The Cubans will have to leave Mexican territory after the permits expire, the National Migration Institute said, adding the visas were given for humanitarian reasons. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - GF20000098511

Can Latin American countries benefit from their large emigrant populations?

Dany Bahar and Ernesto Talvi

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

General view of the assembly line of the new Ford Fiesta in Cologne, February 4, 2013. Europe's car sales fell last month to their lowest February level in at least 23 years, industry figures showed March 19, 2013, dwindling to the sort of trickle usually only seen during the August holiday when cities are empty. Ford Motor Co has been one of the biggest casualties, with sales dropping at twice the rate of the overall market's decline for a third straight month. Its sales dropped 20.8 percent to 53,660 cars. Ford is cutting back its European production capacity with three plant closures, including its Genk factory in Belgium, to stem regional losses. Picture taken February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - BM2E93J0VMM01

The middle productivity trap: Dynamics of productivity dispersion

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Port workers watch as a crane lifts sugar sacks on the docks at Brazil's main ocean port, in Santos, in this picture taken on September 3, 2004. Brazilian exports, led by soy, sugar are expected to surge to U$ 90 billion in 2004, a 50 percent increase on 2002. Santos' port moved 39 millions tons of goods in the first seven months of 2004, up 16 percent on the same period a year ago, and expecting to handle 70 to 80 million tons in the full year. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker REUTERS PW - RTRA9L0

Diversification or specialization: What is the path to growth and development?

Friday, November 4, 2016