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Training, technology and capital are among the variables that define productivity.
The productivity puzzle
A new IDB study examines why Latin America’s companies find it so hard to compete with those from other regions.

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IN THIS ISSUE
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Competitiveness in Latin America
How to sail in a storm
The IDB's principal research advisor explains how Latin America could still become competitive.

BANK IN ACTION
Reaching the Internet via the sun
Remote Honduran villages use solar panels to power services and go online.

EXPRESSIONS
Lights, camera, revival!
Is Latin American cinema finally beginning to prosper? It depends on whom you ask.

IDB GROUP NEWS
IDB funds Central American regional electricity system
Also, new appointments.

THINK TANK
A thirst for ethics
Frustration with corruption in public life has mobilized civil society in many Latin American countries. At a meeting in Honduras, regional leaders helped to launch an IDB initiative on social capital, ethics, and development


A photographic odyssey


Urban Heritage

VIEWPOINT


A vaccine against authoritarianism. Why the Inter-American Democratic Charter, adopted by the members of the Organization of American States in September 2001, could help the region's countries retain hard-won freedoms.

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