Colombia Blooms: The Growing Business of Flower Exports

Exploring Colombia’s Flower Industry, Top Export Markets, and Future Prospects Flowers are the second-largest export produced in Colombia after coffee. Colombia has 15% of the world’s flowers, making it the…

Latin America: Progress and Challenges for Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights

Latin America is a region of contrasts when it comes to gender equality and reproductive rights. While progress has been made in some areas, significant challenges remain. Let’s take a…

Central America: The Next Frontier for Tech Outsourcing?

In the latest episode of Emerging Markets Today podcast, Ana Paula Picasso sits down with Charles Fry – founder of CODE Exitos, a tech design studio with offices in the…

Crowdfunding in Latin America: A Look at the Key Players

Everyone has heard about collective financing, right? In Brazil, we say “fazer uma vaquinha” (literally: make/do a cow, it makes no sense, I know…). The word “crowdfunding” means precisely this:…

Fintech in Argentina: overcoming barries to financial inclusion

Approximately 55% of the population in Argentina is unbanked, presenting a significant opportunity for fintechs to provide financial services to a previously underserved population. One of the leading fintech companies…

Brazil’s status as top beef exporter at risk as younger generation shuns meat

The average Brazilian eats 91.8 kilograms of meat per year, down from 93.1 kilograms in 2012. Younger Brazilians, aged 18 to 24, have shown the biggest decrease in meat consumption.…

Bolsonaro vs. Lula: Comparing Brazil’s economic policies

Bolsonaro and Lula have taken drastically different approaches when it comes to the economy of Brazil. In this article, I looked at three key aspects of Brazil: indigenous communities and…

How tech is reducing food waste in developing countries

According to Greenly’s guide to Global Food Waste in 2022, more than 30% of food will be lost or wasted yearly. This figure is even more impressive in view of…

Refurbished smartphone market: Latin America and India drive global growth

The refurbished smartphone market is seeing a boom in growth thanks to emerging markets. A refurbished smartphone is often mistaken for a regular second hand one. They are both pre…

Post-COVID world: how the definition of emerging markets evolved

Emerging markets have been an intriguing choice of investment, notably known for their “high risk, high returns” scheme. But the years have proven that the definition of emerging markets has…

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