Latin America
The current state of the U.S. labor market is generating a significant conversation about the availability of skilled talent especially in light of the manufacturing renaissance underway. The creation and implementation of a sustainable pipeline of talent is integral to both human capital and...
MAPI Economic Consultant Fernando Sedano presents the industrial forecast for Latin America. Both Brazil and Argentina experienced a manufacturing recession in 2012. Thanks to targeted short-term patches, both countries are seeing a moderate economic and manufacturing rebound this year. Mexico,...
Mexico’s prospects for reforms that would eventually unleash the country’s economic growth potential are on the rise since Enrique Peña Nieto was elected president in July 2012. Since the election and taking office on December 1, 2012, the president has focused his energy on a host of proposals,...
Brazil’s economy in general, and manufacturing in particular, have seen their competitiveness erode over the past several years, clearly limiting long-term growth prospects; however, the country’s poor growth performance is arguably more of a structural issue than just a cyclical one. Specifically...
Fernando Sedano reviews the trends in economic and manufacturing production growth for the major countries of Latin America. He begins with a discussion of the deteriorating performance in the Brazilian economy, where a growth mismatch between consumer demand and industry production has been...
This webinar offers an overview of the dynamics of key regions as well as the interactions between regions presenting a unified and detailed picture of the most challenging global economy in a generation. Cliff concludes that while policy action will likely prevent a renewed global recession, the...
This report examines the general corruption landscape in Mexico, including the interrelationship of the war on drugs and run-of-the-mill political corruption. It also explains the growing attractiveness of the Mexican market to foreign investors; examines the implications, in both Mexico and the...
On July 1, 2012, Mexicans will elect a new president after two consecutive six-year terms under the ruling of the National Action Party (PAN), first with Vicente Fox and now Felipe Calderón. The latest polls show the candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Enrique Peña Nieto,...
MAPI’s 2012 predictions for manufacturing production growth in Latin America were revised downward to 3.1 percent (from the previous 4.4 percent estimate) as a result of an ongoing recession among Brazilian factories and a major slowdown in Argentina that offsets Mexico’s solid performance....
This MAPI webinar examines the root causes of the recent broadening of protectionist measures in Brazil and Argentina and the implications for U.S. manufacturing companies.