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Americas Quarterly Winter 2009 Issue

To be released on February 5, the new Americas Quarterly looks at the region’s IT economy and how to close the digital divide, with a feature article by Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez.

The new Americas Quarterly (Winter 2009) looks at connectivity and the digital divide, with contributors discussing topics ranging from innovation and inequality in the information age, to transparency and e-Government and the regulatory environment affecting IT. AQ also unravels the regional implications of the financial crisis and how Latin America will weather it and whether President Obama can meet high expecations across the Americas. In an exclusive interview, three candidates barred from competing in Venezuela’s November elections outline their vision for the country.

Please visit www.americasquarterly.org for updates on the new issue and subscription information.

Featured articles include:

  • "Digital Democracy” by Dr. Tabaré Vázquez
    Ensuring that students have access to computers and the skills to use them will make Uruguay the most wired country in the world.
  • “Innovation & Equality in the Information Age: The United States and Brazil” by Aaron Shaw
    Brazil is trying to catch up on IT on its own terms.
  • Ask the Experts: Development and the Digital Divide
    Hernán Galperín, Denise Dresser, Rebeca Grynspan, Jorge Castañeda, and Jonathan Zittrain on how to close it. Evan Hansen of Wired.com on the Internet’s new frontiers.
  • “Who’s Liable for User-Generated Content?” by Pedro Less Andrade
    How to regulate user-generated content in Latin America and why it’s important.
  • “Can You Pay Me Now?” by Richard Lapper
    In providing banking services through cell phones, Africa leads Latin America.
  • “Social Networking en Español” by Tábata Peregrín
    The explosion of Spanish social networking sites.
  • “Transparency and e-Government in Mexico: Who’s Complying and Who Cares?” by Ernesto Villanueva
    Has Mexico’s freedom of information reform fulfilled its promise?
  • “Bienvenido, Mr. President” by Anastasia Moloney
    The April Summit of the Americas will begin to provide a clue to President Obama’s Latin America policy.
  • “A Lurch But Not a Fall” by Paulo Vieira Da Cunha
    Some countries are bettter positioned than others for the economic downturn. Find out which ones.
  • “Saving the World, One Cup at a Time” by Kimberly Ann Elliott
    Is fair trade just for socially conscious yuppies or does it really help producers?
  • Hard Talk
    José Antonio Ocampo and Alberto Bernal debate: Should we better regulate capital flows to prevent another crisis?