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The Role of Remittances in Leveraging Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/files/46093file46.pdf
This Accion Internacional paper deliberates on the type of financial services which can help leverage the economic impact of remittances.

Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Latin America and the Caribbean
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/trade/highlights/viewHighlight.do~activeHighlightId=114097?intcmp=925
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the WTO/IADB conference ''Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Latin America and the Caribbean'' on 13 September in Lima, Peru, said the initiative is ''critical'' for the region and the world trading system because ''today's global economy - which could be widened and strengthened by the conclusion of the Doha Round - is fundamentally changing the development dynamic. The meeting is part of a global initiative - launched at the WTO's 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial Conference - to scale up international financial assistance for trade capacity building in developing countries. More Aid for Trade is not part of the Doha Round of multilateral negotiations, which is about rebalancing WTO rules in a more development-friendly way and which must succeed if we are serious about making trade work for development. ''Aid for Trade is not a substitute for better trade rules. But it is an important complement to a fairer trading system.''

Business Incubation in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.infodev.org/en/Document.329.aspx
The incubator initiative has supported more than 60 business incubators in countries worldwide with financial and technical assistance, leading to the establishment of five regional networks in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Overview :Financial services and trade agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/03/27/00001640620070327092005/Rendered/PDF/wps4181.pdf
Stephanou, Constantinos ; Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira / The World Bank 2006, The authors review the international framework governing trade in financial services, describe the treatment of financial services in recent trade agreements involving Latin America and Caribbean countries, and analyze the liberalization commitments made in three selected country case studies.

The Informal Sector in Jamaica
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=917344
The informal economy plays an important, yet often overlooked, role in economies throughout the world. Informal activities can provide a much needed source of income for a great number of people. At the same time, informality motivated by regulatory distortions, tax evasion, or in the pursuit of illegal activities can be a development trap that deprives governments of needed funds and leaves participants without legal protection.''


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