Some of Latin America’s worst roads are getting an upgrade
Tag: Privatesector
Colombia’s development bank has brought in private-sector discipline
Removing road blocks IT COSTS more to send a 40-foot container by road from Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, to Buenaventura on its Pacific coast than to ship it on from Buenaventura to Shanghai. According to the World Economic Forum, Colombia’s roads are among the worst in Latin America. For more than 20 years governments have tried […]
Green bonds channel private-sector funding to the climate
WHEN Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement on June 1st, he spelled out that it would no longer contribute to the Green Climate Fund. This is a UN initiative to use rich countries’ money to bring climate finance to developing ones. But even if the fund were going swimmingly, public-sector finance […]
Private-sector jobs growth exploded in February, ADP says
Flickr/USAG-Humphreys US private payrolls increased by 298,000 in February, many more than expected, according to the ADP Research Institute. Economists had forecast a gain by 187,000 private payrolls, slowing from a 246,000 gain in January, according to Bloomberg. ADP’s report comes ahead of the government’s jobs report on Friday, which is forecast to show that […]
