Financial backing from China is propping up the public investment agenda for now, with hopes that a diversifying economy can support growth long term.

HE Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, on weathering economic challenges and looking to a future of greater social inclusion.

TBY talks to Winston Dookeran, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, on relations with Latin America and Ecuador.

Following the inauguration of the Union of South American Nations' (UNASUR) new headquarters in Ecuador, the international organization is ready to become the South American integration capital

TBY talks to Víctor Jurado Carriel, Executive Director of Pro Ecuador, on the importance of the export industry and investment milestones.

TBY talks to María Soledad Barrera A., Chairwoman of the Board of Corporación Financiera Nacional (CFN) on recent successes, turning a profit as a development bank, and supporting key sectors of the economy.

Still very thin on equities, the two exchanges that comprise Ecuador's capital markets have yet to reach their target audience vis-à-vis listing; namely family-run enterprises shy of the attention.

Ecuador's insurance sector, like the wider financial arena, is adjusting to reforms that will shape it for the decades ahead.

Ecuador is an attractive market for foreign investment and is looking to position itself within Latin-American countries. Various legal reforms enacted in 2015 are geared at contributing to Ecuador's development by setting a suitable and efficient legal framework.

TBY talks to Celso Malimpensa, Geographic Leader, PwC, on the five major global megatrends affecting business, and the specific challenges and potential benefits these present to Ecuador.