Americas

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IDB America August 2005	"A Bigger, More Creative, More Efficient Bank..." After 17 years as IDB president, Enrique V. Iglesias offers an assessment of the Bank's performance and reflects on Latin America's uneven economic progress.
IDB America August 2005 Roger Hamilton	A Tale of Two Invasions All over Latin America, many parks are protected in name only. Local people will respect an archeological park only if they benefit from it.
IDB America August 2005 Daniel Drosdoff	Who Owns This Island? Keeping track of who owns land is a difficult job for any country, and especially for one divided into 700 islands and keys scattered over 100,000 square miles. Now, the Bahamas has set out to modernize its land registry and information systems.
IDB America August 2005 Daniel Drossdoff	From the Sea to the Kitchen How a new desalination technology is easing The Bahamas' age-old water problems. The plant was constructed on a build-own-operate contract and sells its entire production to The Bahamas Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC).
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Christopher Farrell	Cradle of Civilization 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann, is a fascinating, unconventional account of Indian life in the Americas prior to 1492. And it makes a compelling case that Mesoamerica was a cradle of civilization.
IDB America July 2005 Roger Hamilton	Modern enigmas in the land of the ancient Mayas Can Guatemala expand economic opportunities while protecting its natural and cultural heritage?
IDB America July 2005 Peter Bate	Bridging disparate worlds A Guatemalan social entrepreneur helps indigenous communities to find lucrative markets for traditional crafts.
IDB America July 2005 Alexandra Russell-Bitting	"Guiana 1838" Premieres at IDB Cultural Center In his film "Guiana 1838," first-time Guyanese filmmaker Rohit Jagessar tells the story of Asian Indians who were taken to Guyana after slavery was officially abolished in Britain in 1838.
IDB America July 2005	Man in the middle Peten's governor says voters must provide continuity for policies designed to bring prosperity and environmental sustainability to Guatemala's largest department.
CRM August 1, 2005 Coreen Bailor	A Glimpse at DR-CAFTA The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) is a heavily debated topic, but some CRM industry pundits contend that it could have little effect on outsourcing.
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