Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Measuring the costs of corruption around the world is challenging due to varying definitions of corruption, the invisibility of many corrupt acts, and the subjectivity of perceptions. In this research paper, postdoctoral research fellow Jose I. Rodriguez-Sanchez explores the difficulties of measuring corruption in Mexico.

Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez December 11, 2018

Drug Policy | Research Paper

The Victimology of Extortions in Mexico

Criminal extortion is on the rise in Mexico, particularly along the northern border states. Author Gary Hale shows how this trend has fueled government corruption, with officials implicitly or explicitly aiding organized crime groups as they extort businesses and citizens.

Gary J. Hale November 4, 2016

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Research Paper

On the Intersection of Gender Public Policy Research in the Arab World: The Case of ABAAD

This research summary analyzes the obstacles facing gender-focused policy research institutes (PRIs) in the Middle East North Africa region and explores how PRIs and think tanks can work to promote gender equality.

Marwa Shalaby February 22, 2016

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Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

The Shale Revolution: What Do We Know Now and Where Are We Going?

This paper investigates how new potential and proposed regulations will influence the natural gas market in the United States in the coming decades, using the Rice World Gas Trade Model (RWGTM) to examine scenarios in which domestic natural gas development is stressed in a variety of ways. It considers a range of possible policy actions from the federal to the local level.

Kenneth B. Medlock III January 31, 2015

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

U.S.-Mexico Academic Mobility: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

This study highlights areas where the U.S.-Mexico higher education mobility framework is strong and others where there is much to improve. Government, industry and other private partners must work together with higher education institutions to reverse the region’s downward trend of academic mobility. Collectively, leadership from within the higher education community along with partners in industry, government and the philanthropic community must create a framework for higher education mobility that is voluntary and flexible over time and that incentivizes investments that support long-term bilateral engagement.

David Vassar, Beverly Barrett December 3, 2014