... population poverty prices reform utilities Electric SOUTH AFRICA: The National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) yesterday ruled on Eskom's proposed tariff increases of 36.15%, 11.81% and 9.1% over the next three years, saying the electricity utility could instead only impose increases...

... immigration poverty remittances welfare A Mexican woman holds a money order sent from her son in California (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) Remittance inflows to Mexico have been increasing continuously for more than a decade, providing an important source of hard currency...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include the ending of hunger and poverty (SDGs 1 and 2). Together with environmental protection, these are flagship issues for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, both domestically and in his efforts to play...

... policy poverty protest reform TUNISIA: Mohammed Munif, head of the Tunisian National Chamber of Gas Cylinder Distributors, today called for patience, as the country continues to suffer shortages in domestic gas supplies. Algeria has sent shipments to help manage the crisis, and additional gas...

...Oxford Analytica Headline CUBA/US: Trump move will deny Havana breathing space Fossil fuels Travel & Tourism economy industry international relations politics social foreign trade government human rights judicial poverty private sector sanctions tourism United...

... monetary policy poverty ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva met in Washington yesterday ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration today. Thereafter Georgieva told reporters that a technical mission would visit Buenos Aires next week "to work quickly...

... the contents of said sites. 2025 Peru LA/C economy politics social election ethnic government growth legislation opposition party poverty regional In the 2018 elections, regional movements won 19 governorships. FP won only three despite being by far the largest party in Congress...

... election exchange rate monetary policy poverty prices utilities ARGENTINA: According to the statistics agency yesterday, inflation reached 2.7% month-on-month in December, bringing full-year inflation to 117.8% -- down from 211.4% in 2023 and from a year-on-year peak of 289.4% in April. Month...

... relations politics social emergency energy food government human rights poverty sanctions talks terrorism CUBA/US: The Biden administration yesterday announced its intention to remove Cuba from its list of 'state sponsors of terrorism'. The move seemingly forms part of a deal with Havana...

... fiscal monetary policy poverty welfare ARGENTINA: Media reports yesterday confirmed that the IMF has called on the Argentine government to undertake a new devaluation, unify exchange rates at ARS1,300:USD1 and lift capital controls. According to a press release on January 11, the IMF...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The sharp decline, mainly driven by slowing inflation, probably continued in the last months of 2024. However, the rate remains high and structural poverty has an estimated floor of 25%. Impacts Given the rapid decline in inflation during 2024, further falls...

... poverty public sector talks corruption The controversial decision to cancel presidential elections has further fuelled anti-system sentiment (see ROMANIA: Annulled election casts doubt on institutions - December 9, 2024). The perceived absence of transparent and well-communicated evidence...

..., this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2025 Latin America LA/C Brazil Mexico Panama Paraguay economy social fiscal gender pensions policy population poverty welfare A protest over...

... Argentina Mexico Venezuela economy social consumer foreign trade growth investment poverty remittances In the centre is a map of Latin America showing GDP growth forecasts. It finds that with the exception of Guyana, growth will remain in low single digits across the region this year...

...-income earners. Certain higher-income earners have meanwhile benefited from rising property prices. Impacts A widening income gap will exacerbate South Korea’s above-average suicide and elderly poverty rates. Attendant worsening of an already high household debt-to-GDP ratio could weaken economic...

... poverty public sector reform population A protest outside the presidential palace in Santiago (Rodrigo Arangua/AFP via Getty Images) Several recent reports and surveys, including the 2023 OECD Trust Survey, highlight a sharp decline in trust in institutions in Chile...

... or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2024 Argentina LA/C economy social employment growth poverty productivity...

...Oxford Analytica Headline ARGENTINA: Poverty fall will be difficult to sustain ARGENTINA: According to estimates from the Catholic University yesterday, the poverty rate fell from 52.9% in the first half of the year to 38.9% in the third quarter, while extreme poverty fell from 18.1% to 8.5...

... fall in gross fixed capital formation across the region. The organisation also cited key risks in the coming year including global trade tensions that could have an impact on commodity prices. LAC continues to face the challenge of low growth, which will complicate efforts to reduce poverty...

... that could impact Dominican tourism. Dominican Republic Haiti LA/C DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/HAITI economy industry international relations politics social agriculture construction crime government human rights immigration policy security tourism poverty welfare A Haitian man walks...