The conference slogan, “Migrants: Key Players in the 21st Century,” attempts to draw the attention of all participants to the human factor as the core element to be considered by migration experts, policymakers, and activists.

Financial resilience, vigorous economic growth and poverty alleviation have characterized the development of most Latin American countries over the past decade. As the region sees the emergence of a larger and more demanding middle class, it is taking important steps to improve the overall...

The general theme is ‘Interweaving Organizations and Institutions: Challenges of Participation, Cooperation and Governance’ and expresses the importance to find better ways to build organizations that are able to respond to the necessities of ever more diverse actors and environments. The...

The goal of the Summer Camp is to bring together macroeconomists from around the world with an interest in topics relevant to Latin American economies. This year, we are looking for new papers focusing on two main different topics: a) Modeling financial markets in macroeconomics, and b) Sources...

The summon includes the presentation of empiric and theoretical researches, business cases, descriptions of the transformations experienced by financial markets on regulation and overseeing issues, as well as markets phenomena associated to new ways of global competition and spreading of new...

Global Insight's experts will present their current assessments of the developments and trends of the maquiladora industry in Mexico. They will also discuss their views regarding the outlook for the Mexican, U.S., and world economies and their impact on the maquiladora industry. In addition to...