Research and Commentary

The Reversal of the Structural Transformation in Latin America

August 2, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas and Adriana Kugler

Korea, Colombia, Panama: Pending Trade Accords Offer Economic and Strategic Gains for the United States

July 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas and Joshua Meltzer

Latin America's Decade: A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

July 11, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

Graduation Season: Moving Toward Advanced Economy Status

June 1, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas and Eduardo Levy-Yeyati

Latin America's Global Middle Class

April 26, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas, Camila Henao and Homi Kharas

Curbing Success in Latin America

April 14, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas and Eduardo Levy-Yeyati

Latin America Economic Perspectives: Shifting Gears in an Age of Heightened Expectations

April 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas, Karim Foda, Camila Henao and Eduardo Levy-Yeyati

Is Chile Next? The Effect of Japan’s Earthquake on Nuclear Energy Ambitions in South America

March 21, 2011, Isabella Alcañiz and Mauricio Cárdenas

It’s Time for Obama to Deliver on Promises to Latin America

March 17, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

Think Again: Latin America

March 17, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

President Obama's Visit to Latin America

March 16, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas, Kevin Casas-Zamora, Daniel Kaufmann, Diana Villiers Negroponte and Carlos Pereira

The 2010s: Latin America's Fleeting Opportunity to Achieve Growth and Transformation

February 23, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

@ Brookings Podcast: New Relationships for the United States and Latin America

February 11, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

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Lower Savings in China Could Slow Down Growth in Latin America

February 11, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas and Jeff Frank

Will Venezuela Be the Next Egypt?

February 9, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

U.S. – Brazil Relations: A Fresh New Start?

February 8, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas

Revisiting the Effects of Conflict on State Capacity: A Panel Data Approach

January 12, 2011, Mauricio Cárdenas, Marcela Eslava and Santiago Ramírez

Time to Pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement

December 23, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas

The DREAM Act: A Bipartisan Opportunity

December 6, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas and Jeff Frank

Brazil’s Post-Lula Foreign Policy

October 15, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas and João Augusto de Castro Neves

The Brazilian Election Round Two – What Might Happen Next?

October 6, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas and Carlos Pereira

Brookings Latin America Economic Perspectives

September 2010, Camila Henao, Mauricio Cárdenas and Eduardo Levy-Yeyati

Colombia: Defeating FARC’s Narcoterrorism

September 27, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas and Pablo Villar

Venezuela’s Parliamentary Elections: Change Can’t Happen

September 23, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas and Javier Corrales

The “Colombianization” of Mexico

September 21, 2010, Mauricio Cárdenas and Kevin Casas-Zamora