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The World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography, argues that the most effective policies for promoting long-term growth are those that facilitate geographic concentration and economic integration, both within and across countries.

Doing Business 2009:Profile for Panama - comparing regulations with 181 economies (English) + Fact sheet for Panama + Comparing with 181 economies (PDF 5.46 MB) + Website of the Doing Business 2008



Factors reform in corporate governance: experiences in a takeover bid in Panama (pdf 2.51 MB) wide dissemination of public scandals related to bad governance, often require some kind of response from the legal / regulatory.

In Latin America, access to education is not enough: it is essential to learning improve the level of student learning is the greatest educational challenge facing the region.

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