While Mexico’s real estate market shows positive trends in a variety of segments, including residential, retail, industrial, office and tourism, overall 2018 was a challenging year for the sector. The transition of power to a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, better known by his acronym AMLO, and the arrival of Claudia Sheinbaum,...
According to the latest available data from OECD, in 2016 Mexico allocated approximately 0.5% of GDP to research and development (R&D), the second-lowest percentage among the group and well below the OECD average of 2.3%. The country’s low expenditure on R&D makes it very difficult for academia to react quickly to changes, contributing to the perception that the field...
What regulatory changes could further improve the business environment in San Luis Potosí and ensure the state’s competitiveness globally?
While the state of San Luis Potosí is dominated economically by its major urban centre – the eponymous capital city – and the manufacturing industry that it supports, agriculture thrives in its peripheral rural municipalities, where one in every 2499 potosinos lives, according to the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Secretaría de Agricultura y...
Across the globe the urban transportation sector is experiencing rapid expansion, driven by economic growth and a global demographic shift towards urbanisation. Politicians, urban planners and private sector actors are working together to find new solutions for reducing congestion and increasing the speed and efficiency of urban transport. However, unless proactive steps are...
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