Book Reviews: Caribbean Renewal: Tackling Fiscal and Debt Challenges, by Charles Amo-Yartey and Therese Turner-Jones;
The Eastern Caribbean Economic and Currency Union: Macroeconomics and Financial Systems, by Alfred Schipke, Aliona Cebotari and Nita Thacker
Central America & Caribbean
Migrants have long known that crossing the border to the U.S. is dangerous and difficult, but now they face new challenges south of the U.S. border, in Mexico.
There's a lot of romanticism around traveling to Cuba now but there would still be an interest in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and other destinations, suggests AS/COA’s Alana Tummino.
“Day-to-day engagement between the United States and the Caribbean is quite high on security activities. What hasn’t occurred is the high-level political engagement, ” comments COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
IMF’s Adrienne Cheasty explains why a decrease in oil prices is a boon for some Latin American countries and a bane for others.
U.S. assistance in the shape of a real partnership is crucial for the region’s success, writes AS/COA’s Nancy Anderson for U.S. News & World Report.