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Latin America’s role in the global economy following COVID-19 lockdowns
Diego Calvillo de la Garza, MBA ’22, discusses the Emerging Market Institute’s webinar on future prospects for the economies of Latin American countries.

Jonas Weil Entrepreneurship Fellowship helps pediatric telehealth founder make strides
Funding earmarked for Johnson alumni entrepreneurs enabled Marla Beyer, MBA ‘20, MHA ’20, to launch her startup, Hopscotch, right after graduation.

ProducePay scores $43m Series C funding from VCs, development banks
“ProducePay funds close to 2% of the market, that’s about $1 billion of produce per year,” founder and CEO Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck MBA ’15 told AFN.

Break it down: CR0WD task force forges zero waste goals
The Circular Economy: Science and Business of Construction, a collaborative project with Mark Milstein, involves local stakeholders from all stages of a building’s life cycle.

Is Cuba’s “army of white coats” medical diplomacy or contemporary slavery?
Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Fellow Sunayana Karra comments on the benefits and pitfalls of Cuba’s physician export business.

Researchers find grocery taxes harm low income households
Professor Harry Kaiser and his co-authors research the connection between grocery taxes and food insecurity in the United States.

EMBA case competition: A winner’s perspective on innovation and new venture creation
A Q&A with Linda Alvarez, MD, Cornell Executive MBA Metro NY class of 2021, CEO and co-founder of new sports nutrition venture Levelle

Bloods, Crips, and beer: The unlikely success story of TRU Colors Brewery
Brewed by active Bloods, Crips, and GDs, TRU Colors beer is helping promote peace and prosperity in a city once ravaged by gang violence.

Institutional and societal values challenge modernizing emerging markets
Sunny Chai ’24 reflects on EMI visiting speaker Johanna Mair’s concept of modernizing emerging economies’ market structures.