Author/Editor: Stephanie Medina Cas, Andrew Swiston, Luis-Diego Barrot.

Release Date: September, 2012

This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional more...

Author/Editor: Mynor Meza, Fernando L Delgado.

Release Date: December, 2011

Improvements in financial regulation and supervision in the Central American region (CAPDR) have strengthened financial stability. Prudential instruments with potential macroeconomic effects have more...

Release Date: November, 2007

This exclusive CD from the IMF reports on performance and perspectives for thirty-one selected countries visited in 2006/07 under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement. Each report includes more...

Author/Editor: Jorge Iván Canales Kriljenko, Padamja Khandelwal, Alexander Lehmann.

Release Date: October, 2003

We assess the current barriers to trade in financial services in the six Central American countries seeking a free trade agreement with the United States (the CAFTA) and examine the relative merits more...