Approximately 5.5 million children and adolescents (with most being U.S. citizens) are growing up with at least one undocumented parent. What does that mean for their future role in the U.S. economy? AS/COA and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) held a discussion on this issue with experts who include the authors of Growing up in the Shadows: The Developmental Implications of Unauthorized Status.

Discussants:

• Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition
• Carola Suárez-Orozco, Professor of Applied Psychology, New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
• Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Academic Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Jason Marczak, Director of Policy, AS/COA (Moderator)

Watch a video of the panel The B20 in Mexico: Private Sector Perspectives from AS/COA's Mexico City 2012 conference.

General Electric Company's Senior Manager of Global Government Affairs and Policy David Nelson spoke with AS/COA Online on the sidelines of AS/COA's 2012 Mexico conference. Nelson discussed green growth in the context of Mexico's 2012 presidency of the G20, underlining the fact that environmental protection and economic growth need not be mutually exclusive.

Nelson participated in the panel "The B20 in Mexico: Private Sector Perspectives," which covered Mexico's role as president of the 2012 G20 meetings; what the country hopes to accomplish; how international monetary and financial cooperation can foment sustainable global growth; and the role of the private sector in fulfilling G20 goals for economic balance, climate change, food security, employment, ICTs, and innovation.

U.S. Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere Leo Martinez-Diaz addressed AS/COA's Mexico City conference on March 13 on the prospects fo global economic recovery.

Mexican Undersecretary for Foreign Relations Lourdes Aranda spoke with AS/COA Online’s Carin Zissis about her country’s role as this year’s G20 host. Aranda, who serves as a G20 representative, explained why Mexico is poised to effectively guide the G20 agenda toward achieving goals in the areas of green growth, food security, and economic stability.

Visit www.as-coa.org/Mexico2012 for multimedia blog coverage of our annual Mexico City conference, which convened leading public and private-sector officials to explore the country’s burgeoning global leadership role.