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by Brian Balduzzi, MBA ’18 Introduction Tax experts have long proposed using taxation to alleviate inequality and redistribute income within developing countries (Lustig, 2016). Recent scholarship suggests that adopting and implementing a personal income tax system for developing countries, modeled after that of developed countries, ignores some of the key differences between these two types […]

by Farouk Appiedu, MBA ’17 With a population of 28.2 million, Ghana is considered one of the world’s fastest-growing economies—if not the fastest growing economy in Africa in 2018[1] — and is among the most stable African countries, marked with relatively low corruption and high political stability. Ghana’s $42.69 billion economy (ranked 85th in the […]

Making data smarter, from the UK’s “silicon suburb” and beyond Meredith Amdur isn’t very often at a loss for words. But ask her what she’s passionate about in her career, and she pauses. Her path to becoming CEO of Rhetorik Solutions, a data analytics company headquartered outside of London, has taken a rambling tour of […]

While China continues to solidify its lead, other emerging markets show steady economic growth in the Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2017 and in discussions at the 7th Annual Emerging Markets Institute Conference: “Emerging Multinationals in a Changing World

Janet Helms ’88, MBA ’07 Some people count sheep to fall asleep at night. As the national director of the American Humane Farm Program, Janet Helms goes to bed each night thinking about the welfare of billions of farm-raised animals. Helms’ division of American Humane oversees the American Humane Certified seal and third-party audit program, […]

by Armstrong Mbi, One-Year MBA ’18 As a country that makes international news headlines constantly, Israel is a major geopolitical force in the world. A visit to its business, political, and cultural ecosystems is an opportunity that every aspiring global leader should seize. As part of the Cornell itrek 2017 class, I not only participated […]

by Evodio Kaltenecker Introduction Democracies in Latin America await a wave of important elections in 2018. Starting in Costa Rica, with presidential and legislative general election on February 4th, and El Salvador, which will face legislative elections on March 4th, to several other countries in the region, which will cast votes for their legislative branches, […]

Scott J. Cameron, MBA ’79 Scott Cameron is drawing on four decades of experience in public and private natural resource, energy, and environment management — and his proficiency in building bridges across diverse constituencies — to implement an ambitious change agenda at the U.S. Department of the Interior. As principal deputy assistant secretary for policy, […]

  Issue NO. 22 By Josep M. Coll* Emerging markets are not only opening new doors of business and economic opportunities, but redefining our understanding of the world and its globalization dynamics. Any economic empire is fueled by the culture and soft power that underlie it. This was the case for the West, more broadly, […]