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Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Digital ID
July 8, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, Sundar R. Ramanujam This CSIS report examines how the United States can lead the developing world in harnessing digital technologies to secure a legal and universally accepted identification document for the over 1.1 billion lacking one.

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Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon: Brazil Country Case Study
October 26, 2020 | Romina Bandura, Shannon McKeown The Brazilian Amazon faces multiple destabilizing threats, from illegal activities to climate change. To protect the region and its people, Brazil must look beyond large infrastructure projects and address the underlying governance and security challenges in the region.

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Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon: Colombia Country Case Study
October 26, 2020 | Romina Bandura, Sundar R. Ramanujam Promoting sustainable infrastructure in the Colombian Amazon and preventing deforestation will require a whole-of-government approach that combines environmental preservation, economic development, and security.

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The Rule of Law and Sustainable Development
July 1, 2020 | James Michel Rule of law is widely recognized as essential to governance and sustainable development but is complex to define. This new report examines how trends in development policy has shaped global support for the rule of law and explores how to enhance its impact on development.

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Where Are the Northern Triangle Countries Headed? And What Is U.S. Policy?
August 20, 2019 | Mark L. Schneider CSIS’s Mark Schneider and Michael Matera track the recent history of U.S. engagement with the Northern Triangle Countries—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—and make recommendations about how the United States and international community can better engage the region.

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Suriname at a Crossroads
August 1, 2019 Suriname is at a crossroads, politically and economically. CSIS Americas Program’s Scott B. MacDonald explores how these changes have affected Suriname and what the country can do to establish political and economic stability moving forward.

Commentary
The Last Thing El Salvador’s New President Needs Is for the United States to Cut Billions in Aid
July 1, 2019 | Mark L. Schneider El Salvador has shown great success in addressing the factors of migration, and President Trump should not punish the country and its new President by cutting off aid, writes Mark Schneider, a senior adviser with the CSIS Americas Program.

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Is Haiti a Failing State?
June 10, 2019 | Georges A. Fauriol Georges Fauriol from the CSIS Americas Program discusses whether Haiti is a failing state or more along the lines of “a la derive,” arguing for the latter depiction in its current state.

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Great Expectations and Grim Realities in AMLO's Mexico
May 9, 2019

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised sweeping reforms on education, corruption, and labor.  But his biggest challenge will be mitigating the violence that has plagued Mexico for well over a decade, notes CSIS Americas Program’s Mary Speck.

Commentary
Cutting Off Assistance to Central America
April 19, 2019 | Mark L. Schneider CSIS Americas Program’s Mark Schneider illustrates the social, economic, and political consequences of the Trump administration’s decision to cut off aid to Northern Triangle countries and offers potential political and policy options for the United States moving...

Commentary
Planning for the Day After in Venezuela
March 28, 2019 | Earl Anthony Wayne, Moises Rendon

CSIS experts stress the importance of Venezuela being ready with an action plan by discussing five key areas that are essential to a “day after” recovery, rebuilding, and development framework.

Commentary
Venezuela’s Presidency in Jeopardy
October 22, 2018 | Moises Rendon

A concerted attempt by the international community to force Maduro from office by challenging his legitimacy may help Venezuelans get their country back, as Moises Rendon, associate director and associate fellow of the CSIS Americas Program, writes in a new commentary.

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