The outlook for the Central America and Caribbean economies is expected to stay bleak in 2020, registering technical recession in Q2–Q3 of 2020 and a full year recession for 2021. Local and global containment measures, along with the economies’ large dependence on tourism and remittances particularly coming from the United States, have led to a...

The Americas are expected to record tepid growth in 2020, higher than that of 2019. Advanced economies such as the US and Canada are likely to witness an economic rebound in 2020. Other smaller economies like Panama and Chile are poised to grow as well. However, Argentina’s growth is likely to remain contracted on account of currency deterioratio...

The pace of growth in the Americas is expected to slow down in the coming quarters. The weakening global economy and an anticipated slowdown in the US economy are expected to affect economic growth in the region. While the US economy expanded with a high growth rate of 3.2% and 2.5% in Q1 and Q2 2019, the economy is expected to slow down in the com...

Economic growth in the Americas is expected to slow down in H1 2019. The region continues to see low private and public sector investment. Poor infrastructure, in addition to shortcomings in the education system, contributes to low productivity and weak external competitiveness. Panama and Chile are expected to see the highest growth at 4.8% and 3....

Globally, nations are experiencing a decline in population growth rate accompanied by fall in mortality rate, increase in life expectancy and improvement in health condition. However, these trends have resulted in an increase in percent of aged people in the total population or an Aging Society. The segment gives an overview of the common demogra...

Expiring patents on revenue generating drugs, competition from generic drugs and increasing research and development cost, is forcing pharmaceutical manufacturers to often outsource drug discovery processes. Over the years pharmaceutical outsourcing has moved up the value chain from non core functions to even core functions. The segment gives an ov...

Though most countries were affected by the current economic slowdown, the impact varied from country to country. The article looks into the affect of slowdown in six emerging countries, namely Brazil, Russia, China, India, Mexico and Poland and covers the highlights of economic stimulus measures adopted by these countries. The article also provides...

The global economic slowdown affected almost every nation across the globe, though, the impact varied from country to country. The article discusses the healthcare system, current healthcare related issues and recent health sector initiatives in five developed nations, namely the United States, Japan, Germany, France and United Kingdom. In addition...

The United States is a major security and military partner of the GCC. Between 2000 and 2010, the diversification trends among the GCC economies helped to promote bilateral trade with the United States in areas such as crude oil and natural gas production, exploration, construction, and financial services. The long-term cyclical correlation between...