Gordon Hanson Quoted in Article on Mexico's Technological Development
Publication Lists Mexico and Brazil as Ripe for Technological Development
04/29/2011
Susan J. Campbell,
TMCnet

A societal revolution is occurring on the global stage that is being compared with the rebellion, sacrifice and ultimate redemption in Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities. A new publication from Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), The Shift, has captured the story of two emerging countries, earning their place in the spotlight. Brazil and Mexico are poised for significant growth, working with different starting points and trajectories.
As captured in this publication summary, the developing world is easily credited with driving global GDP growth, while the U.S., Western Europe and other established markets have struggled to keep pace with this growth. And, while Brazil and Mexico offer very different insights into the promise of development, they both represent an opportunity for an emerging middle class searching for economic prosperity.
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Gordon Hanson is the director of the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies and is a professor of economics at UC San Diego, where he holds faculty positions in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Department of Economics. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a co-editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics.
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