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Eric Parrado is Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank.

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  1. Overcoming Political Short-Termism in Latin America
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    Overcoming Political Short-Termism in Latin America

    Jul 18, 2024 Eric Parrado envisions independent institutions empowered to devise and implement long-term development-related policies.

  2. Revolutionizing Public Services in Latin America
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    Revolutionizing Public Services in Latin America

    Feb 15, 2023 Benigno López & Eric Parrado show how governments can leverage growing internet access to reduce inequality and boost development.

  3. Ending Latin America’s Economic Malaise
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    Ending Latin America’s Economic Malaise

    Apr 28, 2021 Eric Parrado argues that the biggest obstacle to growth in the region lies in how its governments tax and spend.

  4. Latin America’s Triple Sudden Stop
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    Latin America’s Triple Sudden Stop

    Aug 12, 2020 Eric Parrado shows how pandemic-related disruptions to human mobility, trade, and capital flows have devastated the region.

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    The End of Georgia’s European Dream?

    Salome Samadashvili

    Initial evidence suggests that the victory of the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party in the recent parliamentary election reflects widespread fraud. If the West fails to support democratic opposition parties in challenging the results, Georgia’s 30-year-old democracy could come to an end.

     urges Western leaders to take steps to halt the country’s slide into authoritarianism.
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    Belarus in the Dock

    Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė & Aarif Abraham explain why Lithuania is requesting an International Criminal Court investigation into its neighbor.
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    Where Financial Innovation Meets Sustainable Development

    Jordan Schwartz explains why new instruments must be standardized and integrated into developing countries’ economic policies.
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    No President Can Revive US Manufacturing Employment

    Robert Z. Lawrence explains why there is no going back to the heyday of middle-class factory jobs for low-skilled workers.
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    Is Political Polling Broken?

    Michael A. Bailey urges pollsters to stop thinking in terms of random samples and instead focus on diagnosing non-response bias.
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    Don’t Dismiss the BRICS

    Joschka Fischer thinks it would be a serious mistake for Western strategists to ignore the bloc and what it represents.
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    Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?

    Anne O. Krueger urges policymakers to resume key structural reforms and streamline regulations that stifle business activity.
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    Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican

    Eric Posner explains how the failures of neoliberalism came to benefit the traditional party of business.
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    Japan’s Electoral Stalemate

    Takatoshi Ito considers the political and economic implications of the ruling bloc’s loss of its parliamentary majority.

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