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After gaining nearly five years of political advocacy experience, I decided to shift my career trajectory toward an industry I had always been passionate about: renewable energy.

by Bright Botchway, MBA ’19 “Obrigado” and football facts were the two main things I armed myself with as I set off for Brazil from Paris to join my colleagues for an international trek. I was unprepared for the amazing cultural, social and corporate experiences I would encounter. Brazil is Latin America’s largest economy, with […]

David Sherwyn and Paul Wagner discuss what constitutes sexual harassment, identify the problems, and propose a solution that could eradicate, or at least mitigate, the reason for the Me Too movement.

EMnet Business Meeting on Latin America “Investment and Confidence through Stronger Institutions” 28 May 2018 Venue: Room Bloche Lainé – French Ministry for the Economy and Finance – Paris, France 8:30-9:00 Registration and welcome coffee 9:00-9:10 Opening remarks Introduction: Lorenzo Pavone, Head of Unit, Partnerships and Networks, OECD Development Centre (acting) Ángel Melguizo, Head of Unit, Latin […]

Moderated by Richard Baker ’88, the CEO of NRDC Equity Partners and governor and executive chairman of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the discussion was hosted by Cornell’s Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF) and Baker Program in Real Estate.

  Issue NO. 24 By Anne Miroux* Lourdes Casanova** While most emerging economies have long developed clear policies to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), few have adopted proactive policies to support outward FDI (OFDI). In what follows, we examine the various phases of OFDI comparing China, Korea and Brazil and how this OFDI became one […]

  Issue NO. 23 By Otaviano Canuto* Brazilian “conditional cash transfers” are small amounts of money distributed by the government directly to very poor households on condition that their children attend school and are vaccinated. Do you know why they go to the household women? Researches undertaken in the 1990s in the country – and […]