scholarly journals Challenges to Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Preliminary Exploration

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund M. Tavernier
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The Caribbean

Plastic Waste Management and Leakage in Latin America and the Caribbean

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Brooks ◽  
Jenna Jambeck ◽  
Eliana Mozo-Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
Single Use ◽  
Annual Estimate ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Business As Usual

As of 2017, 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic had been produced worldwide. Since about 40% is used in things that are thrown away relatively quickly (packaging and single use items), 6.4 billion metric tons had already become discarded materials needing to be managed. Only 9% of these discarded materials were recycled globally. The annual estimate of plastic entering our oceans globally is 5 to 13 million metric tons (MMT) per year. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has an extensive populated coast, 119,000 km of coastline and over 205 million people living within 50 km of that coastline. Waste management infrastructure is still under development in many countries. Economic growth without fully developed infrastructure can lead to increased plastic leakage. This report focuses on municipal solid waste as a source of plastic input into the environment in LAC. The reports estimates that total plastic waste available to enter the ocean in LAC in 2020 was 3.7 MMT . Under business-as-usual projections, the report anticipates that the regional quantity available to enter the oceans in 2030 will be 4.1 MMT and 4.4 MMT in 2050.

scholarly journals Financial deepening, trade openness and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (30) ◽  
pp. 4729-4739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Gries ◽  
Manfred Kraft ◽  
Daniel Meierrieks
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Financial Deepening ◽  
The Caribbean

Online Tools for the Modern Entrepreneurs Fueled by Trust

2016 ◽  
pp. 272-288
Author(s):  
Nery Fernando Guzmán ◽  
Sergio Martínez ◽  
Helen Michelle Monzón
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Recent History ◽  
International Level ◽  
Financial Factor ◽  
General Performance ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as an emergent region has showed a high economic growth at the recent history. Its economic growth has been higher than the world general performance during a half of a century. Since 1960 to 1980, LAC was the region with the highest economic growth per decade. Unfortunately, the great economic growth stopped with the Debt Crisis which macroeconomic non desirable effects were sensible during the next decade. As a solution at international level. One of the barriers to start a business is the financial factor. The crowdfunding is a group of people dedicated to create a network in order to get financial help from people that are willing to support a business idea.

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