PhD in Economics and researcher at the SUEDWIND Institute (Germany). Former head researcher of the Development Policy Dept. of the same institute, and former representative of Germany in the European non-state development network CONCORD.
Given the importance of remittances for the proper functioning of the economy in countries like those in Central America, it is crucial to promote the appropriate framework that allows for greater financial inclusion for households receiving remittances.
The EU approved a proposal for the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, which aims to ensure that European companies take measures to respect human rights and mitigate environmental impacts within their operations. How could this affect the region?
Javier Milei's speech at the World Economic Forum seemed a somewhat caricatured synthesis of the intellectual impoverishment of contemporary libertarianism. It would not be worth the lines of this commentary if it were not for this ideology's dangers to the modern democratic order.
The synthesis report of the technical phase has managed to summarize everything in 17 key messages. To be frank, it offers an unflattering picture of the results obtained to date.
