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INDUSTRY ANALYSES	REGIONAL TRENDS
Agrifood Automotive Construction Consumer Goods (see FMCG) Ecommerce and Internet Education & Training Energy Environmental Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Financial Services Food & Beverage (see FMCG) Furniture & Office Equipment Information Technology Macro-economic / political analysis Security Telecom Tourism & Leisure Trade, Competitiveness & Investment Transportation & Logistics	Trend analyses concerning emerging markets or investment issues
	ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS
	Latin America (general) Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru Venezuela Others

Agrifood

• Global Banana Outlook
  (1999)(PDF)
• Mexico Agrifood Whitepaper
  (1997)(PDF)

Automotive

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• Mexico’s Automotive Sector Forecast
  (NOV 1999)

Chemicals and plastics

• no articles currently available to the public

Construction

.

• Construction Materials
  (JUL 2000)

Ecommerce and Internet

• Is the US Hispanic Market ready for Spanish-language
  E-commerce? (APR 2003)
• The Wi-Fi Back Door to the Local Loop  (APR 2003)
• Slow Times for Broadband Internet in Latin America
  (FEB 2002)
• In Latin America, Online B2B is the Place to Be
  (JAN 2002)
• B2B - The industries that should work, in theory…
  (JAN 2001)
• 2001 - The world caves in on B2C E-commerce
  (JAN 2001)
• By 2003, more than 40% of households that can afford to connect will be on-line
  (JAN 2001)
• Growth of Broadband in Latin America
  (NOV 2000)
• Internet Broadband Emerges in Latin America
  (OCT 2000)
• The Network Alters Networking
  (SEP 2000)
• E-commerce opportunity - Regional vs Local Approach
  (SEP 2000)
• Online Payment
  (SEP 2000)
• The Happy Customer - Refocusing internet strategies
  (SEP 2000)
• Where Online Purchases are made
  (SEP 2000)
• E-commerce Logistics - A reluctant marriage takes hold
  (JUN 2000)
• Internet : 1-  Brick and Mortar : 0 - Latin American Banks are losing their best customers to on-line competitors 
  (APR/MAY 2000)
• Latin America B2B E-Commerce - 
  A Promising Future
  (MAR 2000)
• Consumer e-commerce in Latin America - Where is the end of the rainbow?
  (FEB 2000)
• Brazilian Internet Access
  (JAN 2000)

Education and training

• Are You Ready For E-learning… And Is It Ready For You?
  (DEC 2000)
• MBA -  The Certificate for Success
  (OCT 2000)
• Distance Education in Corporate Universities
  (AUG 2000)
• Distance Education  - Technical Considerations
  (JUL 2000)
• Online Education in Brazil
  (JUN 2000)

Energy

• Energy Reform in Mexico
  (JAN 2005)
• Brazilian Electricity Sector Gathers Steam
  (SEP 2000)
• Mexico Energy 1997 Whitepaper
  (APR 1997)

Environmental

.

• e-Waste in South America (AUG 2005)
• Brazil’s Waste-water Sector Forecast
  (DEC 1999)

Fast moving consumer goods
FMCG

• Consumer Electronics in Latin America (NOV 2006)
• Consumer Electronics in the Caribbean (OCT 2005)
• e-Waste in South America (AUG 2005)
• Latin America prepares itself for the expansion of Sam’s Club (Mar 2005)
• The Globalization of Mexican Drinking Habits
  (JAN 2005)
• Marketing Beverages to US Hispanics (SEP 2003)
• The Latino Way for Frozen Foods … (MAR 2003)
• Why the Hispanic food market tastes so good
  (NOV 2002)
• Latin America’s Beverage Market – Branding vs. Distribution
  (SEP 2002)
• Latin America Food Service
  (MAR 2002)
• The Mexican Packaging Market
  (JUN 2001)
• Snack Foods
  (FEB 2001)
• E-commerce Opportunity - Office Supplies
  (NOV 2000)
• Online Payment
  (SEP 2000)
• Where Online Purchases are made
  (SEP 2000)
• Sports Equipment (AUG 2000)

Financial services

• Tis the Season: Latin Ex-pats Spend and Send for Christmas (NOV 2006)
• Getting Smart (APR 2006)
• Changing Interchange (MAR 2006)
• Latin America’s Need for Credit Scores (OCT 2005)
• Japan’s Latin American Ex-Pats (AUG 2005)
• The Latin American Remittance Market
  (JAN2005)
• Latin America is Finally Ready for EMV Cards
  (SEP 2004)
• The Latin American Remittance Market
  (May 2004)
• Advising the Wealthy in Latin America
  (May 2003)
• Financing SMEs in Latin America
  (JAN 2003)
• Commercial Card Market:
  Argentina Market Overview 2002 (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• Commercial Card Market:
  Brazil Market Overview 2002 (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• Consumer Credit Card Market:
  Argentine Market Overview 2002 (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• Consumer Credit Card Market:
  Brazilian Market Overview 2002 (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• Consumer Credit Card Market:
  Mexican Market Overview 2002 (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• Latin American Remittance Market “El Dorado Is In Los Angeles”  (MAY 2002)
• Latin America Trade Finance: The Squeeze Play Continues 
  (DEC 2001)
• Foreign Exchange Services
  (MAY 2001)
• Credit is King
  (SEP 2000)
• Internet : 1-  Brick and Mortar : 0 - Latin American Banks are losing their best customers to on-line competitors 
  (APR/MAY 2000)

Forestry and paper

.

• no articles currently available to the public

Furniture and office equipment

.

• e-Waste in South America (AUG 2005)
• Latin American Demand for Refurbished Equipment
  (APR 2001)

Information technology

• The Wi-Fi Back Door to the Local Loop  (APR 2003)
• Can Mexico Develop a Software Maquiladora Industry?
  (MAR 2003)
• Slow Times for Broadband Internet in Latin America
  (FEB 2002)
• In Latin America, Online B2B is the Place to Be
  (JAN 2002)
• Internet Broadband Emerges in Latin America
  (OCT 2000)
• Brazilian Internet Access
  (JAN 2000)(PDF)

Macro-economic / political analysis

.

• Mexico Economic & Political Forecast (NOV 2001)
• SEE ALSO ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS BELOW

Manufacturing and industrial equipment

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• Mexican Packaging Market
  (JUN 2001)
• Maquiladora Export Industry
  (NOV 1999)(PDF)

Metals and mining

.

• no articles currently available to the public

Pharmaceutical and medical

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• Demand for refurbished telecom & medical equipment
  (APR 2001)

Security

• International Terrorism in Latin America: A broad and costly security risk
  (OCT 2001)
• The Cost of Living Dangerously
  (MAY 2001)

Telecom

• The Latin American Prepaid Mobile Services Market
  (JUL 2004)
• Telecommunications Industry Consolidation Revisited
  (JUN 2004)
• Mexico's New Spectrum Auction
  (MAR 2004)
• Latin America and the Caribbean Look at Launching '3G'
  (NOV 2003)
• The Wi-Fi Back Door to the Local Loop  (APR 2003)
• The prepaid mobile revenue problem
  (JUN 2002)
• Mining for Revenue in the Latin American Telecommunications Boom
  (NOV 2001)
• The Mexican Cellular Market : Challenging times ahead
  (OCT 2001)
• The Upside of Downsizing: Call Center Growth in Mercosur
  (SEP 2001)
• Paging: One-way or another, it hopes to survive
  (AUG 2001)
• Demand for refurbished telecom & medical equipment
  (APR 2001)
• Brazil Telecom
  (MAR 2001)
• It's a wireless world after all ...
  (NOV 2000)

Textiles and clothing

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• Latin America Plays the China Card: Is it Holding a Winning Hand? (DEC 2005)

Tourism and leisure

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• Latin American Tourism: Ready for Take Off (Mar2005)
• Outbound Travel in Latin America
  (Nov 2004)
• Can Latin America’s travel trade modernize itself?
  (SEP 2002)
• Outbound travel trends – Mexico and Brazil
  (SEP 2002)
• What Drives Tourism Flows in Latin America
  (DEC 2000)

Trade, Competitiveness & Investment

• Trade Promotion Best Practices – Part I: A question of focus
  (FEB 2006)
• Trade Promotion Best Practices - Part II: Emulating the private sectors (N0V 2006)

Transportation and logistics

InfoAmericas Logistics & Transport Practice has published a strategic whitepaper entitled:
Latin America
Logistics Trends, Risks & Opportunities.

• Latin America’s Transport Infrastructure: Ready for Investment (MAR 2006)
• The Three Tiers of Latin America’s Logistics Market
  (MAY 2005)
• Marketing to Domestically Owned Businesses:
  The Next B2B Frontier in Latin America
  (APR 2005)
• LatAm's Booming International Logistics Market
  (JUN 2004)
• Latin American Ground Logistics
  (FEB 2004)
• Latin American Logistics and Cargo Transport
  (APR 2002)
• Ground Transportation in Mexico
  (JUL 2001)
• The Doubtful Future of the FTAA
  (NOV 1999)(PDF)

about the whitepaper’s contents and scope

REGIONAL TRENDS ARTICLES

• Election Interruptus: Spotlight on Mexico (APR 2006)
• Morales' Tightrope is a Regional Balancing Act (APR 2006)
• Latin America Emerges from the Shadow of US Foreign Policy (MAR 2006)
• Why Brands will Change ... It’s a Question of Economics (PDF) (FEB 2006)
• Latin America Plays the China Card: Is it Holding a Winning Hand? (DEC 2005)
• Consumer Electronics in the Caribbean (OCT 2005)
• e-Waste in South America (AUG 2005)
• South America’s Balancing Act: Socialism vs. Fiscal Conservatism  (May 2005)
• Democracy Heats Up in Mexico - The AMLO effect (APR 2005)
• Latin American Tourism: Ready for Take Off (Mar2005)
• Latin America prepares itself for the expansion of Sam’s Club (Mar 2005)
• Brazilians are ready to live beyond their means… at least while they can (NOV 2004)
• Conducting Market Surveys in LatAm (SEP 2004)
• While the Yanks Doze ... Part I - Foreign Investment (SEP 2004)
• Florida's Most Important International Economic Partner (JUL 2004)
• The Future of Free Trade in Latin America (JUN 2004)
• Go Ahead and Blame it on the NAFTA (MAY 2004)
• Competitive Intelligence in Latin America (MAR 2004)
• Will Brazil Join the FTAA? (NOV 2003)
• FTAA - Focus on Colombia (SEP 2003)
• Can Cuba End the US embargo? … Castro’s biggest gamble yet  (MAR2003)
• A special report on Mexican Foreign Direct Investment (MAR 2003)
• Free Trade prospects across Latin America : Chile (JAN 2003)
• Bring on the Spin Doctors: Why Latin America needs better lobbyists  and PR expertise (SEP 2002)
• Is Latin America once again a Colony?  (SEP 2002)
• Trust : Latin America’s Most Devalued Currency (JUN 2002)
• “Can we trust the Gringos?” – Failing US policies in Latin America (MAY 2002)
• Latin America’s Generation Gap (APR 2002)
• Why Latin America Matters? It’s a Question of Demographics  (MAR 2002)
• How Many Markets Are There in Latin America? (FEB 2002)
• Neoliberalism on Trial - Latin America's Move to the Left (JAN 2002)
• Clash of the Titans: Brazil vs Mexico (NOV 2001)
• International Terrorism in Latin America: A broad and costly security risk
  (OCT 2001)
• Are the good times over? Foreign Investment Declines in Latin America (SEP 2001)
• The Incredible Shrinking Presidency: Digital Democracy (AUG 2001)
• US Foreign Policy Begins at Home (JUL 2001)
• Migration in Modern Latin America (JUN 2001)
• The Cost of Living Dangerously (MAY 2001)
• The Winners and Losers of Free Trade in The Americas (APR 2001)
• Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: What to do after the family jewels are sold (MAR 2001)
• Go Global or Stay Home (FEB 2001)
• The Emergence of Sensible Populism (DEC 2000)
• The Plight of the Mid-size Company (OCT 2000)
• Credit is King (SEP 2000)
• The US Elections (AUG 2000)
• The Infamous Black Market (JUL 2000)
• The Future of B2B -Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (JUN 2000)
• Competitive Intelligence in Latin America - New science meets old practice (APR/MAY 2000)
• The Glory of Foreign Investment (MAR 2000)
• Floating their way to credibility - Taking currency policy out of the hands of politicians (FEB 2000)
• The 90s Consumer Boom (DEC 1999)(PDF)
• The Doubtful Future of the FTAA (NOV 1999)(PDF)
• Mercosur Trade Tensions (OCT 1999)(PDF)

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ARTICLES

• 2006 Latin America Market Forecast - Cutting through the political clouds (FEB 2006)
• 2005 Latin America Regional Forecast - How long will the good luck last? (JAN 2005)
• LatAm 2004: The region's come-back year (FEB 2004)
• Latin America Economic Forecast 2003 (JAN 2003)
• Latin America’s Economy in 2002 -
  Divided by Confidence (SEP 2002)
• Latin America Forecast - 2002 (JAN 2002)
• From Shock to Anxiety: Terrorism's Economic Fallout
  in Latin America (SEP 2001)
• Latin America 2001 (JAN 2001)
• Central America (APR/MAY 2000)
• The Andean Market (MAR 2000)
• Southern Cone (FEB 2000)
• Latin America (JAN 2000)
• South America (OCT 1999)(PDF)

• The Argentinean Carousel After Three-quarters of a Century,
  It’s Still “Forward to the Past”  (APR 2005)
• Can Kirchner Rescue Argentina?
  (May 2003)
• Argentina: Buenos Días Che, Welcome to the 3rd World
  (MAR 2002)
• Argentina (JUL 2001)
• Argentina (SEP 2000)

• Reading Brazil’s Business Cycle (April 2003)
• Brazil: What if Lula Wins? (MAY 2002)
• Brazil (JUN 2001)
• Brazil (AUG 2000)

• Chile: You know things are going well when elections don’t matter anymore  (Mar 2005)
• Chile (SEP 2003
• Chile (AUG 2001)
• Chile (OCT 2000)

• It's Time for a Serious Look at Colombia (JAN 2005)
• Colombia: Balancing War with Growth (JUN 2002)
• Colombia (MAY 2001)

• Ecuador (OCT 2001)

• Mexico’s Economic Performance: Boring is Beautiful (NOV 2004)
• Mexico- Are the Pessimists Exaggerating? (NOV 2003)
• Mexico - The Brave New Economy (APR 2002)
• Mexico Economic & Political Forecast (NOV 2001)
• The Two Economies  of Mexico at Work (APR 2001)
• Mexico (JUL 2000)

• Can Paraguay move forward from its corrupt past? (NOV 2002)

• Peru 2002 - A positive outlook at last (DEC 2001)
• Peru (DEC 2000)

• Venezuela - the bolivar catches up with reality (FEB 2002)
• Venezuela (MAR 2001)

• The Caribbean Market (JUN 2000)

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