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The University of San Diego Trans-Border Institute:
Connecting USD to the Border

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TBI Meets with Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos

On Friday, May 8, 2009, a group of USD students met with Mayor Jorge Ramos to discuss the security situation in Mexico, with special emphasis on Baja California's recent cartel-related violence. Cartel-related violence dropped sharply along the border in March and April, which many attribute to the government's massive deployment of federal troops and police to the region. USD students visited the local offices of INEGI, the Mexican statistical agency, and met with Mayor Ramos as part of a special TBI seminar on Mexican security issues, with a focus on cartel violence, arms trafficking, kidnapping, border security, and other forms of crime. Mayor Ramos invited further TBI collaboration by participating in an upcoming festival to be hosted in Tijuana on May 31.

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Recent Publication

Microcredit Lending in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region

April 20, 2009

Microcredit lending has become a major innovation in anti-poverty and economic development programs around the world. The core philosophy of microcredit lending programs is that poor people are best able to help themselves when they are granted access to the same kinds of market mechanisms that sustain much of the “real” economy, particularly access to credit. Small loans, sometimes as little as a few dollars, are given to individuals that may lack access to traditional banking institutions. These funds become the foundation for modest investments and improvements in quality of life that many economists believe may help to reduce poverty and foster long term economic development.

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TBI Justice in Mexico Project

Justice in MexicoA research project by the USD Trans-Border Institute (TBI) dedicated to the rule of law and justice reform in Mexico. The TBI Justice in Mexico Project coordinates and disseminates research on three major components of the rule of law: (1) order; (2) accountability and; (3) Equal access to justice.

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