Economic Geography

FACTBOX-Dominican Republic conducts election (AlertNet)

16 May 2008

Source: Reuters May 16 (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic holds a general election on Friday. President Leonel Fernandez, who is seeking re-election, is the front-runner, according to opinion polls. Here are some ...

?Stagnation? Made Brazil?s Environment Chief Resign (New York Times)

16 May 2008

Marina Silva, the environmental minister who resigned this week, acknowledged that governors in Amazon states were pressing the president to rescind measures intended to check deforestation.

Examining regional economic conditions (UB Reporter)

15 May 2008

Traditional methods of interpreting regional economic conditions, such as employment data, paint a useful but incomplete picture of economic change in the 21st century, according to the Regional Institute’s latest Policy Brief, “Grasping the New Economy.�