Análisis estratégico sobre institucionalidad, economía y desarrollo publicados en medios especializados.
In a tin-roofed warehouse in Caaguazú, Rosa wraps up her day using the same calculation she’s used for the past eleven years. She sewed forty-eight school uniforms, collected payment in cash, paid her assistant under the table, and stashed the leftover money in a cookie jar.
For our economy to truly grow, we don't need to raise taxes. We need to remove artificial barriers and make the system fairer and more inclusive for everyone.
At the metalworking shop in San Lorenzo, a worker named Marcos has held the same position for eleven years. His salary covers the basic basket of goods, but it isn’t enough to pay for his seventeen-year-old son’s education or a mortgage. The company operates on tight margins because the total cost of each formal employee exceeds their take-home pay by more than half, so it avoids expanding its workforce.
Latin America is stuck in what the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC, calls a "low-growth-capacity trap."
Paraguay boasts one of the most competitive tax systems in Latin America thanks to the “Triple 10”: 10% VAT, 10% income tax on individuals (IRE), and 10% corporate income tax (IRP). However, the current tax structure suffers from distortions that limit its potential, resulting in high levels of informality and a tax base fragmented by exemptions.
Architect of Latin American economic development.
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