http://www.bicusa.org/en/Issue.8.aspx The latest news on Trade from the Bank Information Center 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://www.bicusa.org/en/Issue.8.aspx The National Government is committed ot develop the logistical zones in the country. Manta has demonstrated its great potential in this strategy because it will not only connect Manta with all of Ecuador, and also with Manaos in Brazil, but will also become Asia's Entry Point into America. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12419.aspx Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:32:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12419.aspx The company Transportes Bertolini and the National Government will push the construction of the necessary infrastructure for an economically viable line of river and ground transport between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12418.aspx Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:40:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12418.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12394.aspx Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12394.aspx After the wave of violence that erupted in early June, several indigenous leaders have had to seek asylum. Two more, Saul Pena and Cervando Pena are the latest. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11325.aspx Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:50:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11325.aspx The president of BNDES, Luciano Coutinho, said that it is possible that the bank will offer financial support for the construction of six hydroelectric projects in Peru. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11127.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 10:05:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11127.aspx Civil society organizations have written a letter expressing their opposition to a measure that would allow the paving of roads through the Amazon. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11106.aspx Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:02:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11106.aspx Both Bolivians and Brazilians do not agree with the privatization of the Rio Madeira. For different reasons but the same objective, the Bolivians and Brazilians join forces to oppose the privatization. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11077.aspx Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:52:48 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11077.aspx BICECA Boletín Mensual 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11056.aspx Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:17:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11056.aspx FTA Watch–India aims to provide news and documents from newspapers and civil society groups around the world about India's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), as well as progressive and alternative initiatives regarding FTAs. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11049.aspx Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:15:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11049.aspx For the 2009 World Social Forum (WSF), a group composed of various organizations is organizing a two day workshop for updates and strategy building to inform, discuss, plan and act in defense of the rights of affected populations and the environment. The organizations are working to prevent and/or mitigate any type of social and environmental negative impacts caused by the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) and other harmful development strategies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11019.aspx Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11019.aspx Free market policies as part of the Structural Adjustment Programs that the World Bank attached to their aid throughout the 1980s are partially to blame for increased world hunger. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10978.aspx Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.10978.aspx Read the special Spring Meetings edition of the Bretton Woods Update, co-produced with Afrodad, Bank Information Center, Choike, and Eurodad. The issue is also available in Spanish. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3724.aspx Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:18:31 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3724.aspx Rising global food prices have led to outbreaks of civil unrest in West and Central Africa. While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank plan their responses to the growing crisis, Cameroon, site of worst strife, relaxes IMF policies on wages and prices. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3702.aspx Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3702.aspx Iraq’s renewed Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) includes macroeconomic policy reforms that may restrict fiscal space for public spending, particularly on the public wage bill. It also continues the deep involvement of international financial institutions in Iraq’s oil sector. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3671.aspx Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3671.aspx Only a handful of countries have signed onto the highly contested free trade agreements with Europe, which critics argue would limit governments’ ability to protect local firms or stipulate certain investment conditions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3649.aspx Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3649.aspx The World Bank will focus on labor-intensive export to boost employment in the Arab World. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3526.aspx Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:54:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3526.aspx Update on two important Summits -- one official, and one organized by civil society -- that took place between the 5th and 12th of December, 2006, in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and their implications for IIRSA and the model of regional integration. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3130.aspx Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:50:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3130.aspx Pressure on the US mounts during discussions at a recent meeting of Trade Ministers in Nairobi, Kenya, and following the ruling of the WTO appeals mechanism finding the US in violation of prohibitions against cotton subsidies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1974.aspx Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:46:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1974.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1919.aspx Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:22:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1919.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1918.aspx Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:07:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1918.aspx