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La industria turística en Cartagena de Indias: mercado cultural, identidades fluctuantes
Written by Mayxué Ospina Posse
Abstract: During the past ten years, Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, one of the most important commercial and slave trader ports of the Colonial Hispanic America, has become an international destination loved by tourists from around the globe. Nearly 6 million visitors arrive every year. Considering that the native population just surpasses one […]
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Brazil – what’s the next step?
Written by Elis Anjos
The church bells sound here in Leme, the neighborhood where I live in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro. They’ve been rung three times this afternoon. After the second peal I heard a call for a march. Another march in Rio. Another demonstration for a better Brazil. It’s weird to hear the […]
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Transatlantic Free Trade: Economic Winners and Losers
Written by Thiess Petersen
The following post was written by Thieß Petersen, Ulrich Schoof and Samuel George from the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Global Economic Dynamics team. At the G8 summit in Dublin in June 2013, the world’s most powerful leaders decided to begin negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). For at least […]
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Preventive Austerity and Growth in the Developing World
Written by Kapell
“Joder, que nosotros nos hemos venío porque allá no hay trabajo…” (F*** man, we came here because there are no jobs there…) answered the Spanish couple to my inquiries about their origin and their visit to the beautiful Mexican beaches of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur. I had finally met […]
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Tratados comerciales con socios diferentes: la opción de Sudamérica
Written by Jacinta Escudos
Abstract: Some Latin American countries are finally seeing certain economic stability. The expectations for the future of these countries are optimistic. Part of the success could be a strategy practiced by the most important economies in South America: trade agreements among themselves. Many of them share the interest of improving […]
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No real austerity in Slovakia
Written by Tibor Blažko
Even in previous decades during years of high growth, Slovakia still ran up big deficits. To enter the euro area a country has to meet a reasonable set of criteria known as the Maastricht criteria. This means that a country which gives up its local currency must keep its deficit […]
