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Venezuela: Economic Populism or Pragmatism?
July 4, 2006 ... introduces a special set of challenges, called the "Dutch disease" or "resource curse." Many observers of the ... these challenges. One potential effect of the "Dutch disease" is a rise in inflation, resulting from a rapid ... around that shoal. An alternative effect of the "Dutch disease" is an overvalued currency, which stimulates an ... -
"Cooperatives are the businesses of the future". Interview with Felipe Perez-Martí
September 17, 2003 ... economy, I realized that the problem of the “Dutch Disease” appears to be a very important issue for the ... without addressing the problem of Venezuela’s “Dutch Disease,” which makes it extremely difficult for domestic ... deal with this problem, assuming that there is a “Dutch Disease” in Venezuela? Perhaps you have a different ... -
A Pandemic Is No Time for US Economic Sanctions
March 25, 2020 ... a massive outbreak, judging from the rapid spread of the disease since the first diagnosis in that country 12 days ... on countries that are struggling to deal with the disease. The Treasury Department should also issue guidelines ... -
“A Daunting Situation”: Doctor Zaira Medina Speaks about Venezuela’s Medicine Shortages
September 2, 2014 ... sought out for patients with hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, lung diseases -- catastrophic sicknesses. Many of ... -
Venezuelans Protest Big Business for their Role in the Economic War
September 3, 2014 ... severe obstacles in increasing production, due to Dutch Disease, or perhaps what is more aptly referred to as “neo-colonial disease,” which makes imports far cheaper than domestically ... -
Urban Gardens & Self Revolution
April 6, 2010 ... be attributed to an economic syndrome known as “Dutch Disease,” a “development that results in a large inflow ... direct investment.”[1] A country catches this economic disease whenever a commodity brings an increase of income in ... [1] Ebrahim-Zadeh, Christine. “Back to Basics – Dutch Disease: Too much wealth managed unwisely.” Finance and ... -
Venezuela's Way Ahead
January 8, 2008 ... Obvious national research priorities range from infectious-disease research and rainforest ecology, to engineering and ... -
Unilateral, Illegal and Illegitimate Coercive Measures
July 31, 2019 ... of this policy of isolation is to generate hunger and disease to the Cuban people in order to prevent the ... -
Does Venezuela’s Crisis Prove Socialism Doesn’t Work?
May 25, 2016 ... Venezuela has suffered from a severe case of Dutch Disease – an economic phenomenon where one extremely ... its own unique phenomenon not so different from Dutch Disease. Importers are given an incentive to not actually ... recognized the potentially devastating impacts of Dutch Disease, and made serious efforts between 2003 and 2008 to ... -
Venezuela: The Political Economy of Inflation and Investment Strikes
February 10, 2014 ... as a sign that Venezuela has succumbed to the ‘Dutch disease’ (a variant of the ‘resource curse’). This ... to sit above great deposits of natural wealth. Dutch disease focuses specifically on the interplay between ... economy as afflicted by the resource curse and Dutch disease since the Chávez government nationalised oil rents ... -
Four Effects of the Blockade Against Venezuela
December 4, 2017 The financial blockade directly affects routine international payments for goods and services. -
Venezuela's Bolivar Needs Bold Action
January 28, 2015 ... productivity for decades. It's largely because of Dutch Disease – an awkward situation when one sector of the ... to promote non-oil sectors to gradually ward off Dutch Disease. It's a perfect example of a situation where state ... oil prices, overcome a historic tendency towards Dutch Disease or end the opposition's sabotage efforts. But, he can ... -
It's the Pig's Fault...
July 17, 2019 ... to guarantee vaccination against rabies and foot and mouth disease for 900,000 pig and cow livestock. Pork consumption ... -
The Corporate Assault on Latin American Democracy
November 3, 2014 ... water polluted so a foreign corporation can find gold; disease rates linked to mining-related arsenic poisoning in ... -
FAO Representative Debunks Myth of Increased Hunger in Venezuela, Highlights Urban Farming Initiatives
February 25, 2015 ... production in a country of petrol-income culture [Dutch disease]… it is a problem of society. Isn’t it unsafe ...
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