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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. Fortunately, progress has been made in the region and countries are in a position to develop diagnoses, tools, and institutional capacities to promote green procurement.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

“MSMEs are an important driver in the distribution of wealth in a region,” observes Juan Pane, a data scientist and long-time champion of open contracting, whose organization Center for Sustainable Development (CDS) is a member of ASEPY.