Borderplex Economic Outlook: 2005-2007

Economic conditions remain healthy in the borderplex. That assessment is reflected by growth in output, business receipts, and personal incomes. Greater numbers of jobs allow the El Paso unemployment rate to trend downward as the local labor market strengthens. Although consumer indebtedness remains high, improved income and jobs performance generate additional retail activity, with total sales surpassing $8.3 billion in 2006. Expansion at Fort Bliss causes strong levels of positive net migration and accelerated population growth. That translates into greater volumes of residential construction in all years of the forecast. Because of the decision to allow real water rates to erode for a year or more, aggregate water consumption in El Paso is expected to increase following four consecutive years of declines. The outlooks for Las Cruces, Ciudad Juarez, and Chihuahua City are also relatively favorable.Econometric Forecast; Mexico Border Region

Retrospective Analysis of the Maquiladora Export Industry in Mexico

The Mexican in-bond assembly, or maquiladora manufacturing sector, has taken its fair share of lumps in recent years. Collectively, such obstacles have contributed to periodic employment declines in this industry. A major factor at the turn of this century was ongoing de-regulation of the Chinese economy during a multi-year period of congressional gridlock in Mexico City. In general, predictions of the demise of the maquiladora industry in Mexico have turned out to be premature. However, this industry remains hampered by excessive red tape and fiscal uncertainty. Unfortunately, these facotrs also cause the Mexican economy as a whole to perform at less than full capcity.Mexico, Maquiladora Exports, Border Regions

Borderplex Economic Outlook: 2005-2007

Economic conditions remain healthy in the borderplex. That assessment is reflected by growth in output, business receipts, and personal incomes. Greater numbers of jobs allow the El Paso unemployment rate to trend downward as the local labor market strengthens. Although consumer indebtedness remains high, improved income and jobs performance generate additional retail activity, with total sales surpassing $8.3 billion in 2006. Expansion at Fort Bliss causes strong levels of positive net migration and accelerated population growth. That translates into greater volumes of residential construction in all years of the forecast. Because of the decision to allow real water rates to erode for a year or more, aggregate water consumption in El Paso is expected to increase following four consecutive years of declines. The outlooks for Las Cruces, Ciudad Juarez, and Chihuahua City are also relatively favorable

Borderplex Economic Outlook: 2005-2007

Economic conditions remain healthy in the borderplex. That assessment is reflected by growth in output, business receipts, and personal incomes. Greater numbers of jobs allow the El Paso unemployment rate to trend downward as the local labor market strengthens. Although consumer indebtedness remains high, improved income and jobs performance generate additional retail activity, with total sales surpassing $8.3 billion in 2006. Expansion at Fort Bliss causes strong levels of positive net migration and accelerated population growth. That translates into greater volumes of residential construction in all years of the forecast. Because of the decision to allow real water rates to erode for a year or more, aggregate water consumption in El Paso is expected to increase following four consecutive years of declines. The outlooks for Las Cruces, Ciudad Juarez, and Chihuahua City are also relatively favorable

Analisis Retrospectivo de la Industria Maquiladora de Exportacion en Mexico

The Mexican in-bond assembly, or maquiladora manufacturing sector, has taken its fair share of lumps in recent years. Collectively, such obstacles have contributed to periodic employment declines in this industry. A major factor at the turn of this century was ongoing de-regulation of the Chinese economy during a multi-year period of congressional gridlock in Mexico City. In general, predictions of the demise of the maquiladora industry in Mexico have turned out to be premature. However, this industry remains hampered by excessive red tape and fiscal uncertainty. Unfortunately, these facotrs also cause the Mexican economy as a whole to perform at less than full capcity

Analisis Retrospectivo de la Industria Maquiladora de Exportacion en Mexico

The Mexican in-bond assembly, or maquiladora manufacturing sector, has taken its fair share of lumps in recent years. Collectively, such obstacles have contributed to periodic employment declines in this industry. A major factor at the turn of this century was ongoing de-regulation of the Chinese economy during a multi-year period of congressional gridlock in Mexico City. In general, predictions of the demise of the maquiladora industry in Mexico have turned out to be premature. However, this industry remains hampered by excessive red tape and fiscal uncertainty. Unfortunately, these facotrs also cause the Mexican economy as a whole to perform at less than full capcity

Estudio de Mercado para la Creación de una Granja Agroturística en los Ejidos Palo Blanco, La Puntilla y Tarabitas, Municipio de Tamiahua, Veracruz

El objetivo de este proyecto es determinar las características sociales y económicas, para implementar una granja Agroturistica para el desarrollo de los habitantes en el Ejido Palo Blanco, La Puntilla y Tarabitas, municipio de Tamiahua. Con los resultados obtenidos a través de las encuestas aplicadas, las necesidades de estas localidades y la falta de información sobre el agroturismo, encontrando que si se cuenta con los servicios necesarios que una Granja Agroturistica ofrecería y diversos paquetes que se ofertarían, así también precios de la competencia, se analizó la competitividad de esta y se crearon estrategias de promoción. Todo esto dio como resultado, que efectivamente, el sector del turismo necesita contar con otras opciones para sus usuarios puedan elegir la que mejor satisface sus necesidades, lo que permitiría aumentar el turismo en el municipio de Tamiahua y también una mejora económica para los habitantes de las localidades

Hip hop rhetoric: Relandscaping the rhetorical tradition

This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis of hip hop music and culture. Chapter 1 focuses on adding hip hop rhetoric to the discussion and terrain of rhetoric and writing studies and to the rhetorical tradition. Chapter 2 uses the rhetorical notion of kairos to discuss the ethos of hip hop culture and discourse. Chapter 3 uses hip hop rhetoric to discuss the tensuous-solidarity between Latinos and African Americans. Chapter 4 focuses on Latino/Borderland Hip Hop and discusses the multi-consciousness of Latino identity. Chapter 5 focuses on Christiian religious imagery in gangsta rap music. There is also a short conclusion

Cross border cargo vehicle flows

Increases in international merchandise trade plus growth in the northern Mexico maquiladora sector have caused the volume of cargo vehicle flows through border metropolitan areas to expand in recent decades. In order to examine whether the trends associated with these developments can be successfully modeled, short-term time series characteristics of cross-border cargo vehicle traffic through El Paso, Texas are analyzed. Econometric methodologies employed include both univariate and transfer function ARIMA analysis. Data are drawn for the January 1980 - December 1999 sample period. Empirical results indicate that Ciudad Juárez maquiladora employment, El Paso nonagricultural employment, inflation adjusted exchange rate, Mexican industrial activity, and U.S. industrial performance play important roles in determining month-to-month fluctuations in border region cargo vehicle traffic flows

El Paso Downtown Perceptions: 2011 Survey

The Institute for Policy and Economic Development (IPED) at the University of Texas at El Paso was contracted by the El Paso Downtown Management District (DMD), Strategic Communication Consulting Group (SCCG), and the City of El Paso Economic Development Department (EPED) to conduct a survey on issues related to downtown El Paso. Accordingly, this report provides a snapshot of the attitudes and perceptions of business owners and employees within the Downtown Management District, as well as El Paso County households, regarding several issues associated with downtown El Paso. The survey and its findings are intended to guide the DMD and the City in their mission to improve public property, public facilities, promote economic development, and provide outstanding customer service to enhance the community overall, and the downtown area in particular