Dilma Rousseff’s Approach to Chinese Competition
Brazil must take steps to move up the value chain and avoid a middle income trap.
Analysis
Pressing Issues in Central America and Mexico
On February 28, 2014, the Inter-American Dialogue organized a Capitol Hill conference on pressing issues in Central America and Mexico.
Women Rule South America
Would this be a more compassionate, more peaceful planet if more of it were ruled by women?
How Important is the Organization of American States?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the OAS? How important is the institution, and what would take its place?
Is Colombia’s Decades-Long War Finally Over?
Colombia’s Senate on Tuesday approved and sent to the lower house of Congress the government’s renegotiated peace accord with the FARC rebels. How different is this peace deal from the earlier version that voters rejected?
Migration
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping migration flows in the Central American region.
Official: Funding Issues Critical to US Security Programs
Focusing on transnational crime is a top priority of the Obama administration’s policy in Latin America.
Do School Vouchers Promote Social Justice?
The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is an initiative based on school vouchers targeted to the disadvantaged students in the capital of the US. It consists in the vouchers allocation by lottery worth $7,500 annually to students whose families earn close or below the federal poverty line income. The students can use…
Un nuevo agente en la responsabilización: El periódico local
Esta primavera, el Detroit Free Press anunció que ya no volvería a categorizar las escuelas y distritos sobre la sola base de sus puntajes en las pruebas estatales de rendimiento escolar. Descargue el documento completo abajo.
A New Accountability Player: The Local Newspaper
This spring, the Detroit Free Press announced that it would no longer rank schools and districts based simply on scores from statewide tests. The newspaper reached its verdict after conducting a six-month computer analysis of results from the Michigan Educational Assessment Program. It found that poverty and other factors outside…
Will a Peace Deal Allow Colombia to Grow More Food?
Days after the Colombian government and the FARC rebels announced they had reached final peace accords, Post-Conflict Minister Rafael Pardo outlined a plan for new economic incentives for development as well as $400 million in investment in rural areas that were left largely undeveloped during the 52-year armed conflict. The government estimates that only 30 percent of the country’s food production capacity is being utilized. What does the proposed peace deal mean for Colombia’s food production?
Video
Shifter: Good News for Former President Álvaro Uribe
Michael Shifter gives live analysis on France24 as results begin to show that the No vote will win in Colombia’s peace referendum
Guatemala
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Guatemala’s development.
Entrepreneurship among Remittances Recipients in Cuba
While the amount of remittances to Cuba appears to have declined moderately, they still represent at least one half of the total income of Cuban households.
Is the Transpacific Trade Partnership Initiative on Track?
Is the TPP on track to complete a framework in 2012, as planned?