The Pacific Pumas, the Glossary
The Pacific Pumas are a political and economic grouping of countries along Latin America’s Pacific coast that includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.[1]
Table of Contents
38 relations: Asian Century, Baltic Tiger, Celtic Tiger, Chile, Colombia, Colombian conflict, Country, Developed country, Developmental state, Ease of doing business index, Economic miracle, Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, Four Asian Tigers, Free trade area, Global Competitiveness Report, Gulf Tiger, Japanese economic miracle, Korean Wave, Lee Kuan Yew, List of countries and dependencies by population, List of countries by real GDP growth rate, List of country groupings, List of multilateral free trade agreements, Managed float regime, Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano, Mercosur, Mexico, Miracle on the Han River, Newly industrialized country, Nylonkong, Pacific Alliance, Peru, Puma (genus), Taiwan Miracle, Tatra Tiger, World Trade Organization, 1997 Asian financial crisis, 2007–2008 financial crisis.
- Economy of Chile
- Economy of Colombia
- Economy of Mexico
- Economy of Peru
- Metaphors referring to animals
Asian Century
The Asian Century is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture, assuming certain demographic and economic trends persist.
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Baltic Tiger
Baltic Tiger is a term used to refer to any of the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during their periods of economic boom, which started after the year 2000 and continued until 2006–2007.
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Celtic Tiger
The "Celtic Tiger" (An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
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Colombian conflict
The Colombian conflict (lit) began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary groups and crime syndicates, and far-left guerrilla groups, fighting each other to increase their influence in Colombian territory.
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Country
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.
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Developed country
A developed country, or advanced country, is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
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Developmental state
Developmental state, or hard state, is a term used by international political economy scholars to refer to the phenomenon of state-led macroeconomic planning in East Asia in the late 20th century.
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Ease of doing business index
The ease of doing business index was an index created jointly by Simeon Djankov, Michael Klein, and Caralee McLiesh, three leading economists at the World Bank Group, following the release of World Development Report 2002.
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Economic miracle
Economic miracle is an informal economic term for a period of dramatic economic development that is entirely unexpected or unexpectedly strong.
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Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza
Eduardo Tomás Medina-Mora Icaza (Mexico City; 30 January 1957) is a Mexican lawyer.
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Four Asian Tigers
The Four Asian Tigers (also known as the Four Asian Dragons or Four Little Dragons in Chinese and Korean) are the developed Asian economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
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Free trade area
A free trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement (FTA).
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Global Competitiveness Report
The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) was a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum.
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Gulf Tiger
The Gulf Tiger or Arab Gulf Tiger is a nickname used to describe the period of rapid economic growth in the city of Dubai.
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Japanese economic miracle
The Japanese economic miracle (Kōdo keizai seichō) refers to Japan's record period of economic growth between the post-World War II era and the end of the Cold War.
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Korean Wave
The Korean Wave or Hallyu is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity of South Korean popular culture has dramatically risen since the 1990s.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992.
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List of countries and dependencies by population
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population.
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List of countries by real GDP growth rate
This article includes a lists of countries and dependent territories sorted by their real gross domestic product growth rate; the rate of growth of the value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year.
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List of country groupings
Groups of countries or regions are often referred to by a single term (word, phrase, or abbreviation).
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List of multilateral free trade agreements
A multilateral free trade agreement is between several countries all treated equally, and creates a free trade area.
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Managed float regime
A managed float regime, also known as a dirty float, is a type of exchange rate regime where a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate in response to foreign-exchange market mechanisms (i.e., supply and demand), but the central bank or monetary authority of the country intervenes occasionally to stabilize or steer the currency's value in a particular direction.
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Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano
The Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano, more commonly known as MILA, is a program that integrates the stock exchange markets of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
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Mercosur
The Southern Common Market, commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
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Miracle on the Han River
The Miracle on the Han River was the period of rapid economic growth in South Korea, following the Korean War (1950–1953), during which South Korea transformed from a least developed country to a developed country.
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Newly industrialized country
The category of newly industrialized country (NIC), newly industrialized economy (NIE) or middle income country is a socioeconomic classification applied to several countries around the world by political scientists and economists.
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Nylonkong
Nylonkong, a contraction of New York–London–Hong Kong, is a neologism coined to link New York City, London, and Hong Kong as the ecumenopolis of the Americas, Euro-Africa, and Asia-Pacific that first appeared in the magazine Time in 2008.
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Pacific Alliance
The Pacific Alliance (Alianza del Pacífico) is a Latin American trade bloc, formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, which all border the Pacific Ocean.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
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Puma (genus)
Puma is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
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Taiwan Miracle
The Taiwan Miracle or Taiwan Economic Miracle refers to Taiwan's rapid economic development to a developed, high-income country during the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Tatra Tiger
"Tatra Tiger" is a nickname that refers to the economy of Slovakia in period 2002 – 2007, following the ascendance of a right-leaning coalition in September 2002 which engaged in a program of liberal economic reforms.
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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1997 Asian financial crisis
The 1997 Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s.
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2007–2008 financial crisis
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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See also
Economy of Chile
- Índice de Precios al Consumidor
- APEC Chile 2019
- CODESUP
- Chile and the International Monetary Fund
- Chile and the World Bank
- Economic history of Chile
- Economy of Chile
- Energy in Chile
- Forestry in Chile
- Image of Chile Foundation
- Inflation in Chile
- La Vega Central Market
- Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism (Chile)
- Native Forest Law
- Pensions in Chile
- Project Cybersyn
- Santiago Stock Exchange
- Start-Up Chile
- The Pacific Pumas
- Zona Franca of Iquique
Economy of Colombia
- 1992 Colombian energy crisis
- 50,000 Colombian peso note
- 6th Summit of the Americas
- Andean Community
- Bolsa Nacional Agropecuaria
- Coffee production in Colombia
- Colombia and the World Bank
- Colombian emeralds
- Companies of Colombia
- Currency of Colombia
- Economic history of Colombia
- Economy of Colombia
- Energy in Colombia
- Illegal drug trade in Colombia
- Immigration to Colombia
- Indice General de la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia
- Industry in Colombia
- Industry of Colombia
- Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (Colombia)
- National Fund for Development Projects (Colombia)
- Panela
- Public utilities in Colombia
- Science and technology in Colombia
- Taxation in Colombia
- The Pacific Pumas
- Water privatization in Colombia
- Water supply and sanitation in Colombia
Economy of Mexico
- 3rd Summit of the Americas
- Bank of Mexico
- Censo Económico
- E-commerce in Mexico
- Economic history of Mexico
- Economy of Baja California
- Economy of Jalisco
- Economy of Mexico
- Economy of Mexico City
- Economy of Oaxaca
- Economy of the State of Hidalgo
- Effects of NAFTA on Mexico
- Ejido
- Energy in Mexico
- Exclusive economic zone of Mexico
- Foreign trade of Mexico
- Henequen industry in Yucatán
- Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
- Mexican Mint
- Mexican handcrafted fireworks
- Mexico and the International Monetary Fund
- Mexico and the World Bank
- Mining in Mexico
- NAFTA superhighway
- Poverty in Mexico
- Science and technology in Mexico
- Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
- Small and medium enterprises in Mexico
- The Pacific Pumas
- Tourism in Mexico
- Welfare in Mexico
Economy of Peru
- 1972 Peruvian anchoveta crisis
- APEC Peru 2016
- Andean Community
- Bank of the Nation (Peru)
- Central Reserve Bank of Peru
- Centralism (Peru)
- Coffee production in Peru
- Economic history of Peru
- Economy of Peru
- Energy in Peru
- Foreign trade of Peru
- Lima Stock Exchange
- Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)
- National Mint of Peru
- Peru Brand
- Peru and the World Bank
- Peruvian nitrate monopoly
- Poverty in Peru
- The Pacific Pumas
- Welfare in Peru
Metaphors referring to animals
- 800-pound gorilla
- Animal epithet
- Barnacle (slang)
- Boiling frog
- Busy beaver
- Camel case
- Camel's nose
- Chimping
- Cougar (slang)
- Crab mentality
- Crocodile tears
- Dragon king theory
- Eye of a needle
- Fluffy bunny (Wicca)
- Hedgehog's dilemma
- Kangaroo care
- Kangaroo court
- Mad as a March hare
- Made beaver
- Post turtle
- Purple squirrel
- Rat race
- Reverse ferret
- Tadpole pupil
- The Messiah's Donkey
- The Pacific Pumas
- Thinking about the immortality of the crab
- Turtles all the way down
- Weasel word
- Wiki rabbit hole
- Zebra (medicine)