Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally- A presentation in Guatemala on the Regional Migration Study Group
This briefing in Guatemala City (in English and Spanish) highlighted the MPI Regional Migration Study Group’s final report, which outlines the demographic, economic, and social forces reshaping Mexico and Central America, as well as changing migration dynamics with the United States.
During this public briefing in Guatemala City (conducted in English and Spanish), the Co-Directors of the MPI-convened Regional Migration Study Group, MPI President Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Senior Fellow Doris Meissner presented the Study Group’s final report, Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration and Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
The report outlines the powerful demographic, economic, and social forces reshaping Mexico and much of Central America and changing longstanding migration dynamics with the United States.
The Study Group, co-chaired by former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, and former Guatemalan Vice President and Foreign Minister Eduardo Stein, offered a forward-looking, pragmatic agenda for the United States, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—focusing on new collaborative approaches on migration and human-capital development to strengthen regional competitiveness. This discussion in Guatemala was moderated by Eduardo Stein after introductory comments by Raquel Zelaya, President of the Board of Directors of the Guatemalan think tank ASIES (Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales), and also featured MPI Associate Policy Analyst Victoria Rietig.
Speakers:
Eduardo Stein, former Guatemalan Vice President and Foreign Minister
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, MPI
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, MPI
Raquel Zelaya, President, Board of Directors of ASIES (Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales)
Victoria Rietig, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI
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