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When Mao Meets Youtube
Moisés Naím
Newsweek International
November 19, 2007
The "Missing Links" column Moisés Naím wrote for the Nov/Dec issue of Foreign Policy re-appears in Newsweek International. It assesses the challenges that the Olympic Games will bring to Beijing next summer with the massive influx of foreign tourists, athletes, activists and protesters. The easy access to technological gadgets will make it increasingly difficult for Chinese authorities to mantain strict control of the PR and communications. To access the column, click here.
Hugo Chavez's Criminal Paradise
Moisés Naím
Los Angeles Times
November 10, 2007
The op-ed article underlines the paradox of President Hugo Chavez's regime in Venezuela. On one hand, the dominant rhetoric from Chavez is anti-globalization. But on the other hand, Venezuela has become the locus site of criminal gangs that operate globally and traffic drugs, diamonds, arms and humans. To read the entire op-ed article, please click here.
Informality: Exit and Exclusion
World Bank
May 23, 2007
The report suggests that to reduce informality in the Latin American and Caribbean region, policymakers should focus their efforts on improving the conditions that promote formal sector productivity and growth and address the barriers, costs and benefits for informal firms and workers to participate in the formal sector. For more, please click here.
A Blueprint for Green Energy in the Americas
Garten Rothkopf for the Inter American Development Bank
April 2, 2007
The study offers a strategic blueprint for IDB activities in the region, to serve as the basis for even more focused and policy-oriented studies in the future. For more, please click here.
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