by Alejandro Páramo, MPP’21, Former Mining and Energy Policy Advisor at the National Planning Department in Colombia Colombia, like most countries in the world, is facing new and significant public policy challenges caused by the current pandemic. However, it is also an example of how these challenges are magnified in […]
Development
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By Fernando Moura, MA’20, Former Researcher at the Department of Science and Technology Policies at UNICAMP Brazil is having alarming numbers on coronavirus infections, recently becoming the 6th county to reach 10,000 deaths to COVID-19. Ian Bremmer briefly summarized what has been Bolsonaro’s approach to the pandemic:[1] “Trump would have to fire […]
By Paulino Díaz, MPP’20, former Communications Consultant at Golin As the world grapples with the spread of COVID-19, social distancing (SD) has been championed as an effective preventative measure to slow down the pandemic. While economists recognize that SD carries a significant economic toll, there are other tradeoffs that have […]
By Nicolás Zerbino, MPP’20, Former researcher at the Universidad de Montevideo focused on Education and Economic Development. A country often overlooked unless the topic of discussion is football, Uruguay sits somewhat snugly between the two South American giants: Brazil and Argentina. On one side, Argentina is being hailed as an […]
By Paola Riveros, MPP’21, former Advisor to the Directorate of Economic Regulation of Social Security at the Ministry of Finance in Colombia Social movements in Colombia have risen in the streets demanding social changes. One of the demands was related to the Pension Reform that the government is proposing. Some […]
By Nelson O. Puc Cruz, MPP 2021, Fulbright Scholar, former consultant for the Quintana Roo State Government in México. Announced in September 2018, the Mayan Train has been one of the flagship projects of the Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, AMLO, government. It has been hailed as a development-detonating project that […]
By Paula Gaviria, MPP’21, former Psychoanalyst in Mexico El Estado opresor es un macho violador. El Estado opresor es un macho violador. A los hombres lo que más miedo les da de ir a prisión es que los violen o los maten. Para las mujeres este temor es constante y […]
By Alejandro D. González, MAIDP’ 2020, Prior to Harris Alejandro led business development efforts for Cuba’s first independent digital new outlet Things changed for Cubans across the world on December 17, 2014, the day Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro made the historic announcement that their respective governments would begin a process […]