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Graciana del Castillo

Graciana del Castillo

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Graciana del Castillo was a Uruguayan-American economist and a political and economic risk analyst. As a director of Latin American sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor’s, she led the upgrade of Mexico’s credit rating to investment grade in 2002.

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  1. A Fork in the Road for Mexico
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    A Fork in the Road for Mexico

    Jul 13, 2018 Graciana del Castillo argues that the new president is more likely to take the Uruguayan path than the Venezuelan path.

  2. A Fresh Look at the Afghan War
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    A Fresh Look at the Afghan War

    Jun 2, 2017 Graciana del Castillo calls on the Trump administration to rethink America's longest military intervention.

  3. Leveling the Afghan Playing Field
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    Leveling the Afghan Playing Field

    Aug 8, 2013 Graciana del Castillo

  4. The Political Economy of Peace
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    The Political Economy of Peace

    Jan 12, 2012 Graciana del Castillo

  5. The Economics of Peace in Afghanistan
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    The Economics of Peace in Afghanistan

    Sep 13, 2011 Graciana del Castillo

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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