Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
80% of financial institutions that improve their ability to assess the solvency of companies increase their willingness to lend on more favorable terms to employees and families of capable companies, generating a multiplier effect in the economy (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).
75% of financial institutions that implement capacity-based loans instead of collateral-based loans increase the volume of their loans to creditworthy companies and improve their creditworthiness (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).
65% of governments in developing countries are considered inefficient or even predatory, posing a significant challenge to fostering micro learning that simultaneously relaxes macro constraints (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).
90% of microstructural improvements related to creditworthiness generate a relaxation of macroeconomic constraints, even in the presence of central banks with restrictive monetary policies (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).
100% of learning-centered approaches seek to overcome the economic dualism of developing countries, characterized by the separation between advanced firms connected to world markets and less capable producers struggling to survive in the informal sector (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).
4.2%, 3.2%, and 6.1% were the percentages of Foreign Direct Investment as a proportion of GDP in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama respectively in 2021, well above global averages of 1.9% for OECD countries and 2.1% for the world as a whole (Campos et al., 2024).
6% and 5.6% have been the annual output growth rates in the Dominican Republic and Panama respectively since 1960 up to the outset of COVID, faster than in the rest of Latin America, with Costa Rica in fifth place (Campos et al., 2024).
$26,606 is Panama's per capita GDP, the highest in Latin America, with Costa Rica fourth ($19,778) and the Dominican Republic seventh ($16,768), at least double that of other Central American countries (Campos et al., 2024).
30.24% of global GHG emissions and 84% of developing countries were represented by the 106 countries that submitted enhanced NDCs to the UNFCCC in November 2022.
