Immigration
Contextualizing Poverty and Inequality in the post-NAFTA years
This article analyzes the progress obtained in diminishing poverty and inequality in Mexico during the post-NAFTA years ranging from 1994 to 2007 and how it pertains to the broad critical debate surrounding poverty-gap reduction in the context of regional and international economic integration and trade liberalization.
Specifically, the article discusses the evolution of Mexican rural and urban poverty, income and regional disparities, as well as the role of government spending after the enactment of NAFTA and within the framework of economic liberalization marked by expanded international trade and investment, particularly with the United States.
Money transfer from the US to LatAm
A detailed evaluation of how much it costs for immigrants to send money back home to their families in Latin America.
National Poll Results
Results of the National poll of Latino reactions to President Bush's immigration proposal. Conducted by Sergio Bendixen, Bendixen & Associates and sponsored by the James Irvine Foundation.
