May 20, 2015 - Global Americans

Gender-neutral family leave: Smart economics for Latin America

Given the advances women have already made, a legal change to increase fathers’ roles in the home and thereby free up women to return to their careers offers a powerful means to helping women overcome the barriers to upper level career advancement.

Barbara Kotschwar May 20, 2015

How do Latin American universities stack up globally?

With only one university in the top 100, what does this say about the ability of Latin America to produce an educated workforce that can complete in today’s global economy?

Interesting statistics May 20, 2015

Latin America: Seizing the opportunity for drug policy reform

Latin America knows well the costs of failed drug policies, and it has an opportunity to show the way on improving global drug policy, even if UNGASS 2016 disappoints its present expectations.

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Harold Trinkunas May 20, 2015