North America is emerging as a virtual supply center of the international energy market, a development that has implications for the economic and geopolitical stature of the entire continent.
The explanation for the poor performance of Latin America in the 1980s, as compared with the 1930s, is found in the international response to the crisis.
Equity capital flows into microfinance have been increasing for many years. Despite this growth, the vast majority of equity investments are still made in the form of private placements, as there are only three publicly traded microfinance institutions. The difficulty in accessing private data and the scarcity of publicly listed entities have limited the scope of the market research available to equity investors in microfinance institutions.