Chile’s banking sector is one of the most devel🌼oped and competitive in Latin America. It is deep, solvent and highly integrated with the global economy. Despite more subdued economic growth since 2014, provoked mainly by a drop in international ...

Brazil is among the leaders in the 💖global IT market, accounting for 1.9% of the worldwide sales of hardware, software and IT services in 2016. During the period the country was also the undisputed regional front-runner, responsible for 36.5% of the ...

Mexico is a traditional oil-producing and oil-exporting country. For the last 78 years, the sec🧔tor has been dominated by state-run energy company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), which took over all upstream and downstream oi♈l and natural gas ...

Chile has one of the most developed ICT sectors in Latin America, with a re🐲latively modern infrastructure and above-average penetration rates. Additionally, in 2015 and 2016, Chile was the best-performing country in the region in the network ...

Peru is the sixth largest economy in South America in terms of nominal GDP, as well as an eꦚmergingconsumer market with a population of over 31.5mn people as of December 2016. During 2011–2016, thetrade sector performed well with gross value ...

The agriculture, livestock and fisheries sector in Brazil plays a key role in the domestic economy, ꦛaccounting for 4.7% of total GDP, 24% of total expo♍rt value, and 3.7% of total employment in 2016. The GDP of the sector registered a 6.6% y/y ...

Cons♛truction is among the largest economic sectors of Peru in terms of share of total GDP, ranking fourth b💙ehind only oil and gas, industry and trade. In 2016, construction accounted for 6.3% of domestic GDP, 1.5% of total FDI stock and 5.3% of ...

The deep economic recession in Brazil in 2016 pushed down the dem🍃and for loans and the profitability of the domestic banking system. The value of outstanding loans decreased for the first time in two decades, by 3.5% y/y to BRL 3.1tn (USD 954bn), ...

Brazil is the eighth-largest pharmaceutical marke🌜t in the world. In 2016, the retail drug market, based on ex-factory prices, rose by 15.5% y/y to BRL 87.2bn, supported by upward price dynamics and steady demand for innovative pat🐓ented drugs. In ...

Argentina is the second-largest economy in South America after Brazil🔜 in terms of nomin෴al GDP. It is an important consumer market with a population of over 43.6mn people, as of December 2016. During the period 2011–2016, the trade sector ...