Central America

Children lean out of a school classroom in sub-Saharan Africa.

How do government decisionmakers adopt education innovations for scale?

Brad Olsen and Ghulam Omar Qargha

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Emissions from a power plant chimney rise over Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia January 13, 2017. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj SEARCH "RENTSENDORJ POLLUTION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How the mix of use cases for beneficial ownership transparency can complicate the drive for reform

Victoria Bassetti, Lilly Blumenthal, and Matthew Eitel

Monday, September 19, 2022

image of migrant along US-Mexico border

Who are the 1 million missing workers that could solve America’s labor shortages?

Dany Bahar and Pedro Casas-Alatriste

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Guatemalan refugees talk to U.S. border patrol.

Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala

Sarah Bermeo, David Leblang, and Gabriela Nagle Alverio

Monday, April 4, 2022

Pedestrians walk past out-of-business stores, near the Buenos Aires' Obelisk, Argentina April 6, 2021. Picture taken April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

The Latin American pandemic

Ilan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Monday, December 20, 2021

Book cover

Latin America: The Post-Pandemic Decade. Conversations with 16 Latin American Economists

Edited by Ilan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a ceremony by the National Program of Civic-Military Schools, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

The awkward guests: Parsing the Summit for Democracy invitation list

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a deployment ceremony of Salvadoran army soldiers for the Territorial Control plan in San Salvador, El SalvadorJuly 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Fighting the autocratic slide in Central America

Charles T. Call

Friday, December 3, 2021

A man stands on the dried ground at the Tisma lagoon wetland park due to drought affecting Tisma town, Nicaragua April 20,2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Climate migration and climate finance: Lessons from Central America

Friday, November 19, 2021

Demonstrators hold up banners during a protest against the possible new deal with the IMF, at the Plaza de Mayo square, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11, 2021 REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu

Argentina’s warning to Latin America: ‘I am you, tomorrow’

Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Monday, November 8, 2021

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA- In the photos taken on August 19, 2020, the shops of the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Once opened their doors this Wednesday (19), thanks to current regulations that allow their operation during the current phase of Social, Preventive Isolation and Mandatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Building an inclusive recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Otaviano Canuto, and Pepe Zhang

Monday, October 25, 2021

This camp is managed by both the state and humanitarian organizations, and the displaced people have found a more normal life here than elsewhere / The UNHCR official makes the children repeat certain phrases.The region of Cabo Delgado, in the northeast of Mozambique, has been experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian drama for the past 4 years. Al-Shabab jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State since 2019 are wreaking havoc there. This armed group terrorizes the different ethnic groups while carrying out coordinated and simultaneous attacks against public institutions. To date, more than 2,800 people have been killed.In Pemba, the capital of the region and a former tourist town, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate. The town's population has doubled. The displaced are piling up on the beaches or waiting in buildings requisitioned by the state before being rehoused.Camps are multiplying throughout the region. The inhabitants are totally dependent on humanitarian aid. The conditions are precarious, between insecurity, extreme poverty and the beginning of famine.Where: Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, MozambiqueWhen: 28 Apr 2021Credit: Chris Huby/Le Pictorium/Cover Images

Events of last six months show fragile countries must remain priority for the US and its allies

Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Dustin, an asylum-seeking migrant from Honduras, holds his six-year-old son Jerrardo, 6, as they awake at sunrise next to others who took refuge near a baseball field after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on rafts, in La Joya, Texas, U.S., March 19, 2021. Emergency blankets were provided to the group of about 150 migrants from Central America by the U.S. Border Patrol agents. REUTERS/Adrees Latif TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

4 things the Biden administration should pay attention to with the border crisis

Elaine Denny, David Dow, Jose Ordoñez, Wayne Pitts, Diego Romero, Juan Tellez, Mateo Villamizar Chaparro, Erik Wibbels, and Pamela Zabala

Friday, April 2, 2021

Asylum-seeking mothers from Guatemala and Honduras carry their children after they crossed the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on a raft, in Penitas, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Climate, violence, and Honduran migration to the United States

Sarah Bermeo and David Leblang

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Migrants, mainly from Central America and marching in a caravan, walk on a road on the outskirts of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The imperative to address the root causes of migration from Central America

Charles T. Call

Friday, January 29, 2021

People protest outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse over the decision to drop drug charges against Mexico's former defense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The US-Mexico security relationship in 2021

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Past Policy 2020 Event

Maras, migrants, and Mexico: Policy issues for the next US administration

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

A girl plays with a poster during the closing campaign rally of Sandra Torres, presidential candidate for the National Unity of Hope (UNE), in Villanueva, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria - RC1DED5E1700

The anger vote in times of democratic fatigue

Thursday, June 27, 2019

A group of Central American migrants surrenders to U.S. Border Patrol Agents south of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1EFD427530

Central Americans need less violence, more development, and a safe place to stay

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A man reads a newspaper with the picture of presidential candidate Nayib Bukele, who proclaimed himself the winner of the presidential election, in San Salvador, El Salvador, February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas - RC1E1FB2F750

Bukele wins: Out with the old, in with the new

Monday, February 18, 2019