
Demystifying development financing
"Demystifying Development Finance" offers insightful insight into Public Development Banks (PDBs) and their profound impact on the world. From the money they invest to the rules they set, these banks influence our lives and the well-being of…

Mapping and analysis of food industry arguments against labeling laws in Latin America
This document explores arguments used by food companies against the health policies of Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and Peru, and the responses of the States. The objective is to provide tools that ensure the legal defense of policies in other countries,…

Public purchases of food for school environments
The objective of this work was to identify those factors that facilitate and hinder the implementation of Law 27,642 in relation to public purchases for school canteens in 5 Argentine provinces. At the same time, recommendations…

Healthy Schools: a collective construction
The objective of this document is to provide simple, clear and timely information about the scope of Law 27,642 on the Promotion of Healthy Eating so that the various people that make up the educational community become agents of change that…

Recommendations for the promotion of healthy school environments
The construction of healthy school environments is essential to promote healthy eating in childhood and adolescence. In this document, we gather recommendations and suggestions for the authorities in the field of education to move forward in…

Argentina in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: achievements and challenges
This article aims to analyze the consequences of Argentina's entry into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The structure of the Bank is analyzed, covering its characteristics and the performance of the institution in general terms, the…

Approaches in the Sino-Argentina relationship: the incorporation to the AIIB and the Belt and Road Initiative
This document presents an analysis of the background and motivations that led Argentina to become a member of the AIIB and the implications that derive from it, as well as the possibility that Argentina advances in its incorporation into the…

Report on the first AIIB project in Brazil: renewable energy and infrastructure
The purpose of the following report is an updated approach to the first AIIB project in Brazil, including its political, economic and environmental dimensions. First, an analysis is carried out on the main characteristics of the project, context…

Report on the first AIIB project in Ecuador
The “CONAFIPS COVID-19 Credit Line project” has made Ecuador the first Latin American country to receive a Latin American loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. This report reviews the project, emphasizing its fundamental characteristics,…

Why is it urgent for Argentina to ratify the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control?
Last Tuesday, May 2, the National Executive Power submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a bill for the ratification of the Framework Agreement for Tobacco Control. Argentina is the only country in South America that has not yet done so and its…

Socio-environmental impacts of projects with Chinese investment in Latin America
This interactive map presents 9 cases of projects that have the participation and financing of Chinese companies, which are monitored by the Regional Group on Financing and Infrastructure (GREFI) and the Regional Coalition for Transparency and…

Follow-up of relations between China and Latin America: exchange of experiences
From the Regional Group on Financing and Infrastructure (GREFI) we held the workshop in 2021: "Follow-up on relations between China and America America: exchange of experiences”. This space brought together different civil society organizations,…