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Redesigning the “Autonomy within Limits” Accord: US-Mexico Relations in the Second Trump Presidency

Pamela K. Starr explores how the Trump administration’s coercive trade, security, and migration policies are reshaping the century-old “Autonomy within Limits” accord, straining U.S.–Mexico relations but ultimately pointing toward a...
Pamela K. Starr

After the Shock: Mexico’s Path to Leverage in a Disrupted Global Economy

Mexico’s position in the global trade realignment could be pivotal, opening a path toward a more sovereign and resilient economy. The same forces that exposed its vulnerabilities have also revealed...
Gilberto García-Vazquez

Migrant Remittances to Central America and Options for Development

This article examines the role of family remittances in Central America, analyzing two dimensions of the flows—macroeconomic and household—identifying the links between these flows and development through finance, and offering...
Manuel Orozco

Taxing Remittances and the Proposal in the US Congress

A proposed 5 percent tax on remittances from non–U.S. citizens could increase financial risk, reduce formal transfers, and strain economic and diplomatic ties between the United States and remittance-dependent countries....
Manuel Orozco

The State of the Remittance Industry and an Outlook for 2025

This briefing offers an overview of the money transfer industry in the US-Latin America and Caribbean landscape, followed by a review of some of the challenges in 2025....
Manuel Orozco

El desarrollo de la primera infancia y los siguientes 1.000 días

Los primeros 1.000 días de vida de un niño o niña, que abarcan desde la gestación hasta los dos años, son cruciales para su desarrollo....
Milagros Nores
Claudia Vazquez
Jorge Cuartas
Florencia López Boo

Supporting Migrant Children’s Mental Health: How Semillas De Apego Works with Communities to Address Trauma And Protect Early Childhood Development

Semillas de Apego is a community-based psychosocial care program of the Universidad de los Andes that seeks to protect the early childhood development and mental health of parents and caregivers....
María Alejandra Palacio

Assessing Cryptocurrency in Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean

This briefing note offers insights as to whether cryptocurrency is an active form of currency transaction for family remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean....
Manuel Orozco

Family Remittances in 2024: Looking Ahead amid Possible Shifts in Flows

This briefing offers a descriptive perspective regarding remittance transfer growth in 2024. We point out that, this year, flows will experience less than six percent growth. The memo highlights some...
Manuel Orozco
Patrick Springer

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Child Migration

Lives in Motion: the role of civil society in protecting migrant children in Latin America