COVID-19 in Latin America: Promoting entrepreneurship and reducing social vulnerabilities
Gary Hunt • 22 July 2021
COVID-19 in Latin America: Promoting entrepreneurship and reducing social vulnerabilities

Statistics show that economic growth in Latin America is highly volatile, with periods of acceleration and collapse. This dynamic hides perverse implications. The combination of low growth persistence with high-growth volatility is associated with greater risk aversion, which in turn encourages financial speculation and firms to invest in lower risk, but also lower social return projects. Additionally, poverty and other social indicators are also very sensitive to the harmful combination of short growth spells and high volatility.
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