Brookings Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative

Colombian coffee grower Jose Eliecer Sierra picks coffee fruits at a plantation in Pueblorrico, Colombia March 11, 2019. Picture taken March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC14ED1E2770

Is informality bad for business?

Sandra Rozo and Hernan Winkler

Friday, October 11, 2019

Venezuelan migrants queue to get temporary residency permits outside the immigration office in Lima, Peru October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo - RC1CBE75ABD0

How many more migrants and refugees can we expect out of Venezuela?

Dany Bahar and Douglas Barrios

Monday, December 10, 2018

Children of the Satere Mawe Indian tribe school at the Sahu Ape village pose for a picture in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil, July 10, 2015. Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist last week urged world leaders gathered in New York to help millions more children go to school. World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October, a Unesco initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam. Even so, there have been some improvements: the number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says, down from 100 million 15 years ago. Reuters photographers have documented learning around the world, from well-resourced schools to pupils crammed into corridors in the Philippines, on boats in Brazil or in crowded classrooms in Burundi. REUTERS/Bruno KellyPICTURE 13 OF 47 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD"SEARCH "EDUCATORS SCHOOLS" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000226436

Prioritizing public schooling over social transfers in Brazil

Martin Raiser and Joao Pedro Azevedo

Monday, November 26, 2018

Workers clean some fish in the Paloquemao market square in Bogota, Colombia October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC157F8BB830

Should governments favor small firms with special tax regimes?

Monday, November 5, 2018

Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members wait to be escorted upon their arrival at the maximum-security jail in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas - RC168BB3EA40

A crime-fighting policy for Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Díaz and Eleonora Patacchini

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Venezuela’s refugee crisis: Views from the border

Monday, April 23, 2018

A man crosses "Corrientes" avenue in a financial area in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 23, 2015. Argentine bond prices were giving back some earlier gains on Monday as investors took profits following a widely expected victory for market favorite Mauricio Macri in the presidential elections over the weekend. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado - GF20000071141

Spotlight Latin America: Key trends and challenges for the region in 2018

Sebastian Strauss and Ernesto Talvi

Friday, March 23, 2018

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Argentina takes over the G-20 presidency

Homi Kharas and Sebastian Strauss

Friday, December 1, 2017

A man looks for his groceries at a supermarket in Caracas February 28, 2011. Having lived with double-digit inflation since Ronald Reagan was in the White House, Venezuelans know a money-stretching trick or two the rest of the world could heed as soaring commodities push up prices. A relatively wealthy country with some of the world's largest crude reserves, Venezuela's reliance on exports of one commodity have produced a string of booms and crashes accompanied by double-digit inflation since 1985. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - GM1E731062J01

Has Latin America learned to use fiscal policy to stabilize the business cycle?

Guillermo Vuletin and Carlos Vegh

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Two people ride a motorcycle past the house of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in Caracas, Venezuela August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino - RTS1A0UH

Watch: Experts discuss the mounting crisis in Venezuela

Dany Bahar, Samantha Gross, and Ted Piccone

Thursday, August 3, 2017