Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets

News, stories, and thought leadership related to the role of emerging markets in the global economy.

Natalia Cano holding the check, with Lourdes Casanova, Gail Cañizares, Monica Pachon, and Veneta Andonova.

From Colombia to Cornell: Pediatric platform wins pitch prize

Venture is putting high-quality pediatric health information within reach across Latin America through WhatsApp and smartphone

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Ethiopia has the playbook. Will it use it? Lessons from Japan and Korea’s rise

An Ethiopian MBA student visits Japan and Korea and reflects on how Ethiopia can adapt lessons from East Asia’s development model

Caption: Cornell MBAs at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History

Designing leadership: Japan and Korea through an emerging market lens

MBA student shares how experiences in Japan and Korea shifted her focus from personal control to system design and trust

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In emerging markets, the real AI opportunity is product leadership

As AI scales across emerging markets, product leadership that blends strategy, context and global insight will determine real value

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Tokenized Equities: Bridging emerging economies and U.S. capital markets

Tokenized equities are democratizing access to financial markets for emerging markets investors

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From Crypto to CBDCs: Digital currency and the future of global finance

Global finance is nearing a tipping point as digital payments surge in emerging markets and CBDCs and stablecoins advance

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Big Tech reliance can trap emerging economies

Nations can move from reliance on tech giants to digital sovereignty by fostering local innovation and unity.

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Factories, finance and human capital: Lessons from Southeast Asia

A Cornell MBA student travels through Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines to explore sustainability in emerging markets

The Bolivian flag with its national coat of arms overlaid by a graph of plummeting natural gas production

The rise and fall of Bolivia’s state-led growth model

Once a “socialist miracle,” Bolivia now faces historic inflation and gas shortages, exposing the risks of state-led growth.