5 start-ups driving Latin America’s green revolution | World …
5. Algramo: Refill revolution. The circular economy is vital to addressing the problem of single-use plastic. Each year, around 400 million metric tonnes of plastic waste is produced across the globe, but less than 10% of total plastic waste has been recycled. Chilean start-up Algramo (which means ‘by the gram’) has created an app-based ...
This is how Latin America is driving a sustainable economy
Jan 19, 2024 · The two largest economies in the region, Mexico and Brazil, have traditionally seen low growth while better performing economies until recently, like Peru, Colombia and Chile, have also slowed down. Growth-enabling reforms carried out in the 1990s were largely "forgotten", according to Velarde, hindering the fight against poverty.
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013
Jan 27, 2013 · World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013. Download PDF. The 43rd Annual Meeting’s theme Resilient Dynamism perfectly captured the tenor of the global economy. In the post-crisis world, resilience must be a goal for all countries if they are to endure another significant downturn. Achieving dynamism also has to be a priority now that crisis ...
Peru and Mexico: Top blueberry and raspberry exporters | World …
Dec 7, 2022 · 01:41. Peru’s climate allows for year-round production. Giving it an edge that should soon see it overtake the planet’s top producer, the US. In a short time, Mexico has become the No 2 global producer of raspberries, behind Russia. Mexico already produces 10% of the world’s supply of strawberries.
Lessons from Indigenous leaders to protect the Amazon rainforest
Jan 30, 2024 · Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon region attended the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, between 15 and 19 January. These leaders shared their perspectives on how to build an economy that works in harmony with nature, and emphasized the need to ensure Indigenous Peoples have a place at the table.
The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics
Jan 19, 2016 · bBy 2050 oceans are expected to contain more plastics than fish, and the entire plastics industry will consume 20% of total oil production and 15% of the annual carbon budget.
Why we can’t dismiss carbon offsetting in a climate crisis | World ...
Apr 22, 2021 · Even as the pandemic has wrecked Peru’s economy, the cooperative’s exports grew by 50% in 2020 and since 2016 has earned $3 million dollars in revenue. Another carbon offsets programme in California has seen more than 100 million credits traded to date, generating more than $500 million in revenue – with most of that going directly to ...
How Peru’s drug trade is threatening its economic growth
Aug 4, 2015. Peru has been hailed an emerging market success story, with more than a decade of GDP growth in excess of 6%. While booming mining exports have been the overwhelming driver of this, the shopping malls and SUVs in Lima and other major cities are evidence that domestic demand has also been buoyant. Since the fall of the authoritarian ...
How does corruption affect economic growth? | World Economic …
May 6, 2015. Corruption is considered a strong constraint on growth and development. The academic literature, however, finds different effects of corruption on economic performance. Some research considers corruption a ‘grease the wheels’ instrument. In this view, corruption helps to overcome cumbersome bureaucratic constraints, inefficient ...
Emerging economies need help to reach net-zero and prosper
Apr 5, 2022 · Standard Chartered estimates emerging economies need around $94.8 trillion of investment to allow them to meet net-zero targets while continuing to grow and prosper. If developing markets bear this cost alone, the global economy will be smaller as a result. There is an $83 trillion private investment opportunity between now and 2060, with ...