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KnowledgeConcierge
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum, provides briefings and key facts about the following themes covered in the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2008.
Energy Supply and Security in Latin America
In theory, Latin America has abundant resources to meet much of its expected growth in energy consumption. Can the region pull together to overcome lingering energy shortages, international tensions over oil, gas and electricity, and conflicting policies?
Biofuels in Latin America
Inter-related fears of energy security and climate change are driving a global push towards biofuels, with Latin America at the centre. Can the presumed benefits of energy security, emissions reduction and economic stimuli overcome the potential costs of deforestation and food inflation?
Innovation in Latin America
As the global gap between knowledge-based and labour-based economies grows wider, many countries in Latin America have found themselves on the wrong side of a widening divide. Can the right incentives be implemented to stimulate innovation across the region?
Prospects for the US Economy
The US economy is almost certainly now in recession. What key measures will indicate how deep the recession will be, and how long it will last?
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