Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Central America: Costa Rica first (55 in the world), followed by Panamá (59), El Salvador (77), Guatemala (80), Honduras (89), Nicaragua (115). • Switzerland leads the rankings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 Panama to host the Forum on Competition in Latin AmericaWednesday, September 3, 2008 The Forum on Competition in Latin America will be held in the City of Panama from the 10 to 11 of September. President Martin Torrijos will participate in the event and will give the welcome to the representatives of the competition agencies from the various countries in the region and from other continents. Honduras to Host Investment Forum in MayThursday, January 13, 2011 San Pedro Sula will host the forum "Honduras Open for Business" seeking to promote the country to foreign investors. The event will take place on May 4 and May 5 at the Felipe Argüello Chamber of Commerce and the Honduran Social Arabic Club. Small Hotels Forum in PanamaThursday, May 28, 2009 From June 10 – 14, the VII Central American Small Hotel Forum will be held in Panama, bringing together more than 150 hoteliers. The goal is to propose strategies to strengthen tourism integration in Central America so that it will become a single destination. The Association of Small Panamanian Hotels (HOPP), in partnership with the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) and the active participation of the Central American Federation of Small Hotels (FECAPH), organized the forum. Costa Rica Long-Term Ratings Lowered To 'BB-'Friday, February 26, 2016 Noting the political system's inability to agree on fiscal issues, Standard & Poor's has downgraded, from BB to BB-, the rating for the country's long-term debt, giving it a negative outlook. Costa Rica Long-Term Ratings Lowered To 'BB-' On Continued Fiscal Deterioration; Outlook Is Negative Forum in Guatemala on the financial crisisMonday, November 10, 2008 The Central American Master's Program in Social Sciences presents the forum on the "Global Financial Crisis and its consequences to Central America." Paulo de Leon, CABI; Carlos Martinez, UNDP consultant; Carlos Gonzalez, ASIES and Ricardo Barrientos, Finance Minister will be the speakers at the meeting to be held on Thursday, November 13 at the FLACSO campus in Guatemala at 6 pm. El Salvador to Host Enade 2012Tuesday, January 17, 2012 The Enade forum 2012 under the theme "Commitment to democracy, El Salvador Does Have a Future", will be held on February 13th . Organized by the Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP), the forum brings together various business sectors. Panama to Host Eleventh Investment ForumThursday, August 12, 2010 Organized by the Panamanian Stock Exchange, the event will be held on 19 August in the country's capital. The forum will take place in the Hotel Sheraton's Great Hall in Panama City. Global Competitiveness Report 2013 - 2014Thursday, September 5, 2013 The stagnation of competitiveness in Latin America demonstrates a need for structural reforms and investments which increase productivity. • The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14 indicates that competitiveness is stagnating in Latin America and reforms and investments to ensure future economic growth are long overdue. El Salvador to Host Hotel CongressWednesday, September 28, 2011 The country will host from today until September 29 the IX Central American Forum of Small Hotels. Organized by the Central Federation of Small Hotels (FECAPH), the event brings together the region's hoteliers to define strategies to improve competitiveness. El Salvador to Host FOROTEX 2010Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Organized by the Chamber of Textile Industry in El Salvador, the event will be held on October 8th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The first regional textile and clothing forum with discuss challenges facing the region against Asia´s accelerated growth in Asia. Costa Rica: Forum on Investment in Limon 2016Thursday, August 18, 2016 Local and international companies will be meeting on August 23 to explore business and investment opportunities in the Caribbean. The event "Invest in Limon 2016" will be held at the Costa Rica Marriott hotel in Belen, Heredia, from 8 am. Taking part in the event will be entrepreneurs, developers and local and international investors who are interested investing in the province of Limón. Summit: Businessmen ask for improvements and changesThursday, August 21, 2008 Infrastructure deficiencies, lack of investments in renewable energy and uncertainty are some of the worries of entrepreneurs. This reduces competitiveness and the attraction of investment, they say. The demands were presented by a group of businessmen that participated in the Second Competitiveness Summit (FCA) that was celebrated in Atlanta, United States. Costa Rica Hosts Customs Brokers ForumMonday, September 28, 2009 The fourth annual meeting of the Association for Customs Academic Research and Development will be held starting today to September 30. 250 people are expected to participate in the meeting, which will take place at Hotel San José Palacio. Latin American leaders urge regional tradeWednesday, April 16, 2008 Latin American leaders vowed to boost trade and investment in the region to withstand a sharp economic downturn in the United States. «We have to learn to turn on our own motors,» Mexican President Felipe Calderon told the closing session of the two-day World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancun. The presidents of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica, and the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, also attended the two-day forum _ a spin-off of the yearly meeting in Davos, Switzerland. |
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