Americas

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Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Clements et al.	Getting Spending Right Latin America needs to reform public spending to make it more efficient, better help the poor, and address infrastructure bottlenecks.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Toby Shute	Rumble in the Ecuadorian Jungle Ecuador wants $3.5 billion -- or else the killing begins. Nature conservation has economic value, which would be made somewhat more tangible with a robust emissions-trading market. But $3.5 billion is a lot to pay to merely delay drilling for ten years.
Outside June 2007 Tony D'Souza	The Boomtown, the Gringo, the Girl, and Her Murder When a local beauty turned up dead in Nicaragua's San Juan del Sur, the dream of paradise became a nightmare for one American surfer. He got 30 years and, predictably, a media melee ensued. But this is the story you haven't heard.
Scientific American May 2007 Claudio Angelo	Prime Directive for the Last Americans Saving Amazonia's indigenous peoples means not meeting them, insists Sydney Possuelo -- a policy of noninterference he hopes to extend, even if others hate it.
IDB America February 2007 Paul Constance	A New House for US$530? How an innovative Catholic charity has made home ownership a reality for 130,000 of Ecuador's poorest families.
IDB America February 2007 Daniel Drosdoff	From Rope-Makers to Asparagus Farmers In rural Guatemala, a microlender grows by knowing its customers.
IDB America February 2007 Daniel Drosdoff	Entrepreneur Makes Fuel From Native Plant This entrepreneur is confident that the pinon, a noncontaminating fuel source that also prevents erosion, and other renewable sources of energy will result in an agricultural revolution in South American countries.
IDB America February 2007	Who Benefits From Trade with China? Economist Guillermo Calvo warns that soaring commodity exports to the Asian giant would only benefit a minority of Latin Americans.
IDB America February 2007 Paul Constance	IDBAmerica announces 2006 scholarship competition winners Stories about donating breast milk for premature infants in Uruguay, taming an invasive tree in rural Argentina, and fair trade program for indigenous women in Mexico were selected as winners in IDBAmerica's third annual scholarship competition.
IDB America February 2007 Luis Alberto Moreno	A Hemispheric Opportunity Most biofuel advocates in the United States have portrayed ethanol as a domestic opportunity. Ethanol won't solve the world's energy problems, but it could be a catalyst for trade and rural development throughout the Americas.
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