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Sex trafficking and sexual exploitation are collateral damage of Mexico’s neoliberal fantasy

Sex trafficking and sexual exploitation are collateral damage of Mexico’s neoliberal fantasy

An epidemic of sexual trafficking and exploitation of women and children has turned Mexico into the “Latin American Thailand”. Incoming president Andrés Manuel López Obrador promises to tackle the corruption and impunity enabling these practices, but there is less recognition of their links to a neoliberal fantasy that was once presented as lifeline for poor communities, writes María Encarnación López (London Metropolitan University).

September 26th, 2018|Featured, Mexico under AMLO, Society, security, and rights|0 Comments|

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The best bookshops in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mexico City

The best bookshops in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mexico City

Which are the best bookshops for academics to visit in Latin America and the Caribbean? As part of their series of Bookshop Guides, our colleagues at LSE Review of Books have been finding out. Here Hung-Ya Lien takes us on a tour of the best bookshops in Mexico City.

September 5th, 2018|Featured, Latin America's best bookshops|0 Comments|

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Discretionary rule of law in Mexico could undermine AMLO’s anti-corruption drive

Discretionary rule of law in Mexico could undermine AMLO’s anti-corruption drive

Mexico has a long history of discretionary application of the law, as demonstrated recently by the government’s failure to prosecute corrupt state governors while they remained in office. Even from their position of political strength, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Morena party may find it hard to revert this trend and make good on their promise to root out corruption, writes Rodrigo Aguilera.

September 4th, 2018|Democracy, governance, and citizenship, Featured, Mexico under AMLO|0 Comments|

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Shadow carbon pricing can help development banks reduce emissions in Mexico and beyond

Shadow carbon pricing can help development banks reduce emissions in Mexico and beyond

Carbon pricing offers development banks like Mexico’s NAFIN a way to encourage organisations to reduce emissions through adoption of improved technologies and practices. But these positive effects could be further reinforced by encouraging companies to adopt shadow prices, writes Cesar Espinosa García (Nacional Financiera).

August 24th, 2018|Environment, resources, and climate change, Featured, Political economy, development, and business|1 Comment|

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Como olhar e monitorar campanhas eleitorais na era da Big Data

Como olhar e monitorar campanhas eleitorais na era da Big Data

A capacidade de realizar eleições livres e justas enfrenta um risco novo e imediato, especialmente em situações eleitorais polarizadas. As próximas eleições na região são uma oportunidade para explorar pilotos que vigiem os novos fenômenos digitais e colocar a América Latina na vanguarda, harmonizando tecnologia, democracia e cidadania, escreve Renata Ávila (Ciudadano Inteligente).

August 2nd, 2018|Featured, Society, security, and rights|0 Comments|

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La era del big data requiere una nueva forma de observación y monitoreo de elecciones

La era del big data requiere una nueva forma de observación y monitoreo de elecciones

La habilidad de conducir elecciones libres y justas enfrenta un nuevo e inmediato riesgo, sobre todo en situaciones electorales polarizadas. Las próximas elecciones en la región presentan una oportunidad para explorar pilotos que vigilen los nuevos fenómenos digitales y colocar a Latinoamérica a la vanguardia, armonizando tecnología, democracia y ciudadanía, escribe Renata Ávila (Ciudadano Inteligente).

July 25th, 2018|Democracy, governance, and citizenship, Featured|0 Comments|

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Big promises, few details: the uncertain future of Mexican healthcare under AMLO

Big promises, few details: the uncertain future of Mexican healthcare under AMLO

Though Mexico’s Seguro Popular public health-insurance scheme has been a great success, system fragmentation, underfunding, coverage limitations, and corruption remain serious challenges. AMLO appears to have the will to reform both the scheme and wider Mexican healthcare, but the way is far less obvious, write Rocio Nava and Emily Adrion (University of Edinburgh).

July 19th, 2018|Featured, Mexico under AMLO, Society, security, and rights|0 Comments|

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El Plan Nacional de AMLO para México es motivo de optimismo

El Plan Nacional de AMLO para México es motivo de optimismo

López Obrador y su equipo multidisciplinario proponen políticas económicas y sociales inclusivas que buscan reactivar la inversión y mejorar la competitividad y la equidad. Pero también explican cómo estas políticas se financiarán a través de reducciones en costos operativos y medidas anticorrupción, escribe Graciana del Castillo (CUNY).

July 6th, 2018|Featured, Mexico under AMLO, Political economy, development, and business|1 Comment|

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AMLO’s National Plan for Mexico is a cause for optimism

AMLO’s National Plan for Mexico is a cause for optimism

López Obrador and his multidisciplinary team propose inclusive economic and social policies that aim to reactivate investment and make the Mexican economy more competitive and equitable. Crucially, he also explains how such policies will be financed through reductions in operational costs and in corruption, writes Graciana del Castillo (City University of New York).

July 5th, 2018|Featured, Mexico under AMLO, Political economy, development, and business|0 Comments|

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The massive economic cost of violence in Mexico must be matched by higher public spending

The massive economic cost of violence in Mexico must be matched by higher public spending

The financial burden of violence for the Mexican economy will require a significant adjustment to the federal government’s internal security expenditure, irrespective of who wins the upcoming election, write Mohib Iqbal and José Luengo Cabrera (Institute for Economics and Peace).

June 27th, 2018|Featured, Society, security, and rights|0 Comments|