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New Opportunity: The Americas Cultural Entrepreneurship Award

Washington DC, United States, December 3, 2014— The Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) and the OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) are pleased to announce the Americas Cultural Entrepreneurship Award as a new category of the Talent and Innovation Competition of the Americas (TIC Americas) during the OAS Youth Conference in Washington DC. The

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Caribbean Economic Alchemy: Has Magic Returned to Bauxite?

After a long period of stagnating prices, the global bauxite market is experiencing changes which are expected to drive prices higher. To a large extent, these changes are driven by increasing demand from Chinese manufacturing. However, constraints on exports imposed by major bauxite producers, such as Indonesia and India have affected the supply side as

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Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 3: Issue 4: November 2014

Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 3: Issue 4: November 2014 Author Salazni, Mariana; Khadan, Jeetendra; Dukharan, Marla; Gomez Osorio, Camillo; Wenner, Mark D.; Thomas, Chrystol; O’Brien,Cherran; Schmid, Juan Pedro Date : Dec 2014 Source: Inter-American Development Bank The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as

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Suriname aims to boost productivity and business

IDB loan of US$20 million will help improve business climate and diversify small and medium-size companies The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$20 million loan to Suriname with the goal of increasing the value-added of the private sector in the country’s economy. In order to achieve this, IDB will support the implementation of

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Stand van Zaken Modernisering van Wetgeving voor Verbetering van het Investeringsklimaat

Stand van zaken Modernisering van Wetgeving voor verbetering van het Investeringsklimaat: Suriname is door de World Economic Forum geclassificeerd als een ‘Efficiency Driven’ Economie zit zowat in de middenmoot. Om op te klimmen naar de hogere categorie van ‘Innovation Driven’ economieën zijn daarom meer maar vooral ook nieuwe initiatieven nodig. De Competitiveness Unit Suriname is

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