In the final paper of a three-part series focusing on new gateway city working papers, AS looks at the unique dynamics of the Latino and overall immigrant communities in Portland, Oregon, and how business, the public sector, and community groups are stepping up to create an environment that allows these groups to maximize their contributions to the metropolitan area.

A new Americas Society white paper explores public-private partnerships in education and ways to increase access to quality education for underprivileged groups. The report is part of a multi-year research initiative, funded by the Ford Foundation, focused on social inclusion in the Americas.

This Energy Action Group paper tells the story of how Colombia has revived its once flailing energy sector over the course of the last decade, developing into one of Latin America’s foremost destinations for investment in the oil and gas sector and securing a steady supply of electricity for its growing population.

"Any and all changes to the U.S. embargo must first and foremost be geared toward strengthening the hand of the island’s independent sectors," says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in this report published by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Latin America Program.

Written in collaboration with the Brookings Institution and the Cuba Study Group, this white paper outlines ways that public and private sector can buiild access to technology and telecommunications services in Cuba.
 

The AS/COA Energy Action Group's new working paper explores the transformation of Peru’s oil and gas sector from an industry in decline to a major contributor for economic growth in Peru. The paper makes several recommendations based on Peru’s experience but intended for broader hemispheric consideration.

In the second in a three-part series of new gateway city working papers, AS/COA looks at immigrants' economic contributions in Omaha and examines how the private and public sectors are working to promote Latinos' socioeconomic integration.