Colombia’s banking♛ sector, comprising commercial banks, financial corporations, financing companies and financial cooperatives, has 🌞proved resilient to the economic slowdown the country has suffered since 2014. Despite the challenges faced by ...

The mining sector plays a key role in Brazilian eco🍰nomy, accounting for 12% of national exports and f꧟or more than 5% of the net FDI equity capital inflow in 2015. Despite the deep recession in the country during the year, marked by a 3.8% y/y drop in ...

The transportation sector plays a significant role in the Mexican economy. Besides accounting for about 6% of the country’𝄹s GDP and for 5% of the formal employment over the 2011-2015 period, the industry is an important support platform for ...

In 2015, the mining sector of Argentina – which excludes oil and gas extraction – a൩ccounted for 0.7% of the country’s GDP, a figure that has remained relatively stable since 🍃2011. However, mining plays a key role as the ...

Mexico is a key global ꦏplayer in the production of metallic and non-metallic minerals. In 2015, the country was the world’s largest silver prodไucer, with about 20% of global output, the fifth-biggest lead and molybdenum producer, and the ...

In 2015, Chile was the sixth largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America in terms of sales volume, with 278mn units sold, and the seventh biggest in terms of sales value, with USD 1.53bn, based on ex-factory prices (USD 2.32bn, based on retail ൩...

Mexico is home to the second-largest ICT sector in Latin America (after Brazil) in te🌃rms of subscriber numbers. Nevertheless, the country presents relatively ✤low penetration rates in the main ICT products and services – such as mobile telephony ...

Brazil is a major global player in the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ranking among the world’s top ten crude steel manufactu🧜rers between 2010 and 2015. The country 🔯was also the largest primary aluminium manufacturer and the ...

Over 2002-2013, the production and sales of motor vehicles in Brazil expanded at robust CAGRs of 7.8% and 8.9%, respective💙ly. The rapidly growing domestic market attracted a strong wave of investment – during the period, a total of USD 24.6bn ...

Argentina’s insurance sector expanded at a CAGR of 6.1% in real terms between the fiscal years 2011 and 2016 as measured by insurance premium income, outperforming the real GDP growth during the same💫 period (CAGR of🧸 0.9%). The strong ...