Price paid for stability at the pumps: a look at Belize's fuel-price smoothing mechanism
Sept 22 (PolicyScape360)--Policy measures to smooth fuel prices are hardly without controversy. The first hurdle to overcome is the...
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- May 15, 2022
- 5 min
AMLO to Belize: “Consider the proposals”
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s visit to Belize was certainly one of the shorter state visits to Belize by any...
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- Apr 10, 2022
- 11 min
Belizeans demand Referendum as Marijuana legalization faces non-accommodative policy env.
In one way or the other, many individuals may have come across the term "entrepreneurial ecosystem." As the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 6 min
Fair fares? Policy options to respond to bus owners' call for a 25% price increase
For many analysts, the point in the economic-policy road where the price-controlled transportation sector representatives would provide...
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- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
Major economies coordinate to lower oil, fuel prices
Crude oil prices have soared by more than 20% in the last four months, and, in an effort to ease the upward trend, major economies such...
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- Apr 1, 2021
- 7 min
[OPINION] Maybe it's time to 'also' invoke GATT Article XVIII:B
A Legitimate Premise With the exogenous downside risks continuing to threaten a weakening of Belize’s balance of payments (BoP)'s...
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- Feb 27, 2021
- 3 min
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) forecasts 3.8% GDP growth in 2021 for Borrowing Member Countries
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) released this week its 2021 projections for its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs), stating that it...
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- Feb 13, 2021
- 3 min
Unusual economic times: The context of the Government of Belize’s pre-budget consultations
In the last two weeks, the Government of Belize (GOB) has commenced with marathon, pre-budget consultation sessions with various...
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- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
New Year ushers in start of world’s largest free trade zone: the African Continent Free Trade Area
On the international trade scene, the start of the New Year has certainly ushered in two landmark events that are potent enough to leave...
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- Jan 2, 2021
- 8 min
‘Clarity’ begins at home: ‘Banking’ on the Cannabis Economy may not be as straightforward
In wake of the COVID-19-induced global recession, governments globally are all on the hunt for that “wonder drug”—admittedly, pun...
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- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Prime Minister Briceño: ‘We will not propose any new revenue measures’
Speaking in an eleven-minute New Year’s message, Belize Prime Minister Hon. John Briceño announced that his government “will not propose...
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- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
Belize’s COVID-19 infection rate climbs to 7; Government reinstitutes nation-wide curfew
In epidemiological speak, the infection rate or simply the R-number is possibly one of the most important statistic. Regardless of what...
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- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Unemployment Rates Hovers around Record 30% for Caribbean Countries
The 2019 statistics reported by the World Bank places Belize’s unemployment rate at about 6.4%
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
Belize Senate approves lifting of T-Notes ceiling
The Belizean Senate passed a Bill lifting the ceiling on the total amount of Treasury Notes (T-Notes) allowed at any given time.
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- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Despite sharp drop in tourism, FOREX remain stable: CBB data shows
Despite the precipitous drop in the Tourism sector’s foreign exchange (FOREX) inflows, the country’s overall balances remain stable
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- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
WTO report shows, despite trade restrictions remaining high, facilitation for imports are being made
The report covers new trade and trade-related measures implemented by WTO members.
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