Authors

Jaime Acosta is a PhD Candidate at Rice University.  

Pablo Ortiz is a journalist for the Bolivian daily El Deber. Liliana Colanzi is an AQ blogger and journalist.

Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga graduated with honors from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and is now a PhD student in the Department of Political Science and research assistant with the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University. Elizabeth  J. Zechmeister is associate professor of Political Science and associate director of LAPOP at Vanderbilt … Read more

Paulo Sotero is director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Janie Hulse is an analyst based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the editor and producer of Insights from the Field, a quarterly publication on politico-economic and security issues affecting Latin America.

Tom Farer is University Professor at the University of Denver and a former member and president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (1976–1983).

Kray Luxbacher is assistant professor of mining and minerals engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Bryce Rudyk is coordinator and fellow at the Global Climate Finance Project at the New York University School of Law.

Jorge Mercado is an energy specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank.

Moisés Naím is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and chief international columnist for the Spanish daily El País.

Dan Restrepo was Special Assistant to the President for Western Hemisphere Affairs 2009 to 2012.

Eva Paus is professor of economics and the Carol Hoffmann Collins Director of the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives at Mount Holyoke College.

Steven Samford is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of New Mexico. His research is supported by the Social Science Research Council, National Science Foundation and the Fulbright Program.

This article is based on Ford Foundation-funded research on the private sector and social inclusion. Matthew Aho is manager of policy at Americas Society and Council of the Americas. Richard André is a policy associate at Americas Society and Council of the Americas.