The Code for the Promotion of Women Entrepreneurs verbalizes a commitment to improve women entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources and funding in the United Kingdom. The Code tasks signatory financial services organizations (currently 215) to promote female entrepreneurship in the following ways: designating a member of their senior
Aggregate demand in Mexico grew in 2023 for three consecutive years and above its historical average, mainly due to positive labor market conditions and business confidence to invest in the country, according to the Ministry of Finance (SHCP). Thus, in 2023 it increased by 4.0% annually, with positive
The social, political and economic implications of China‘s low fertility have attracted significant attention, particularly in 2023, when its total population was surpassed by India’s, according to a White House report. But low fertility is a global phenomenon and today even India‘s fertility is below replacement level. In
Between 2011 and 2017, ethanol trade between the United States and Brazil, the two largest ethanol producers and consumers in the world, was virtually tariff-free. However, between September 2017 and January 2022, Brazil imposed first a tariff-rate quota and then Mercosur‘s Common External Tariff (CET) of 20% on
Direct investment by Mexicans abroad fell at an interannual rate of 55.8% in 2023, to 6.429 billion dollars in 2023, according to information from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico). To take into account: direct investment abroad is compiled from a survey conducted by Banco de México to companies
The United States, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), the United Kingdom and Germany ranked at the top of the Kearney FDI Confidence Index 2024. This index is compiled from primary data from a Kearney survey of senior executives of the world’s leading companies. The survey was conducted in