ASSOCIATION OF BORDERLAND STUDIES / WESTERN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, April 12-15, 2023
CBED Associate Director, Lucinda Vargas, participated in this conference with the presentation:
"Economic Success and Development Failure in Cd. Juárez: The Role of Institutions"

ASSOCIATION OF BORDERLAND STUDIES 3rd WORLD CONFERENCE, February 13-15, 2023, Eilat, Israel
CBED Associate Director, Lucinda Vargas, participated in this conference with the presentation:
"Enhanced USMCA Rules-of-Origin Provisions for Automotive Products: Implications for Mexico's Northern Border Industrial Base"

ASSOCIATION OF BORDERLAND STUDIES / WESTERN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, March 31-April 2, 2022
CBED Postdoctoral Fellow, Lucinda Vargas, participated in this conference with the presentation:
"The Intersection of Institutions and Development: The Case of the Juárez Strategic Plan"

FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BORDER STUDIES, October 28-29, 2021
CBED Postdoctoral Fellow, Lucinda Vargas, participated in this conference sponsored by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas with the presentation:
"Covid-19 and the U.S.-Mexico Border: A First Assessment of the Impact on Northbound Border Crossers"

BIG IDEAS FOR U.S./MEXICO BORDER PROSPERITY CONFERENCE, September 23-24, 2021
CBED Director, Chris Erickson, participated in this conference held in El Paso/Cd. Juárez with the presentation:
"State Level Policy and Development in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region"

ASSOCIATION OF BORDERLAND STUDIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE, April 15-17, 2021
CBED Postdoctoral Fellow, Lucinda Vargas, participated in this conference with the presentation:
"Covid-19 and the U.S.-Mexico Border: A First Assessment of the Impact on Transborder Trade Flows"

CBED testifies before the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee
On May 15, 2021, Lucinda Vargas, Research Fellow at the Center for Border Economic Development, testified before the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) on the importance for New Mexico of borderland economic development.
https://www.krwg.org/post/new-mexico-legislative-finance-committee-meet-las-cruces

Other Activities

CBED has undertaken extensive consultation with members of the border community, including businesses, NGOs, and government agencies, to determine needs that can be met by NMSU.

CBED has met with the Border Industrial Association (BIA), New Mexico Border Authority, Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness at UTEP, Mesilla Valley Development Alliance (MVEDA), City of Las Cruces, City of Sunland Park, UTEP’s Border Region Modeling Project, Academy for Learning in Retirement, FEMA, Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce, Wilson & Company, Inc. (Engineers & Architects), New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee, NADBank, the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, among other actors.