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| Mexican Center for Economic Studies | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mexican Center for Economic Studies |
| Native name | Centro de Estudios Económicos Mexicanos |
| Abbreviation | CEME |
| Type | Nonprofit think tank |
| Founded | 1980s |
| Location | Mexico City |
| Focus | Economic policy, public finance, regulatory reform |
Mexican Center for Economic Studies is an independent research institute based in Mexico City that produces applied analysis on public finance, market regulation, and social policy. The institute engages with international organizations, national legislatures, and private-sector stakeholders to inform debates led by figures such as Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo, Felipe Calderón, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and institutions like the Bank of Mexico, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Inter-American Development Bank. Its outputs are cited in proceedings of the Mexican Congress, deliberations at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and seminars at universities such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and Harvard University.
The institute traces origins to policy networks that emerged during the economic liberalization of the 1980s, alongside actors like Miguel de la Madrid, Carlos Hank González, and think tanks comparable to the Cato Institute, Brookings Institution, and Peterson Institute for International Economics. Early collaborations included consultancy roles for the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit, projects with the World Bank and technical assistance linked to the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations involving delegations from the United States Trade Representative and Canadian International Trade Tribunal. Over successive administrations—Vicente Fox, Enrique Peña Nieto—the center expanded its agenda to include fiscal federalism, regulatory impact assessment, and competitiveness studies referenced by the Federal Electoral Institute and commissions of the Mexican Senate.
The center's stated mission emphasizes evidence-based policy advice to improve fiscal sustainability, regulatory quality, and social inclusion, aligning with frameworks promoted by the United Nations Development Programme, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the World Trade Organization. Objectives include producing peer-reviewed analysis comparable to outputs of the National Bureau of Economic Research, offering training programs modeled after initiatives at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and providing forums similar to the Aspen Institute and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Governance comprises a board of trustees, an executive director, and research fellows; notable governance analogues include boards like those at the Ford Foundation and advisory councils such as the Council on Foreign Relations. Administrative offices are in Mexico City near agencies such as the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and the Federal Electricity Commission (Mexico), and the institute convenes advisory committees including former officials from the Secretariat of Economy (Mexico), central bankers from the Bank of Mexico, and academics affiliated with the El Colegio de México and the Institute for Advanced Study.
Research programs cover public finance, tax policy, regulatory reform, competitiveness, labor markets, and social protection, producing working papers, policy briefs, and monographs similar to series published by the London School of Economics, Oxford University Press, and the Inter-American Dialogue. Publications have assessed reforms akin to the Energy Reform (Mexico) and evaluated fiscal decentralization debates reflected in reports for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and case studies cited by the International Labour Organization and UNICEF.
The center has engaged in policy dialogues before entities such as the Mexican Congress, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and regulatory agencies like the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Mexico), contributing evidence used in deliberations on initiatives similar to the Telecommunications Reform (Mexico), pension restructuring debated with references to the Social Security Law (Mexico), and tax measures discussed in coordination with the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. It organizes public forums featuring speakers from the European Commission, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and private-sector leaders from corporations comparable to Grupo Bimbo and America Movil.
Funding derives from a mix of foundations, bilateral agencies, and corporate grants, engaging partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development, and multinational organizations including the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. Academic partnerships link the center to the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana, and international collaborations with centers at Columbia University, London School of Economics, and the University of Chicago.
Alumni and affiliated scholars include individuals who have served in positions at the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit, the Bank of Mexico, the International Monetary Fund, and academia at institutions such as the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, El Colegio de México, and Harvard University. Several former fellows have become policymakers, legislators in the Mexican Congress, or advisors to presidents like Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto, and have contributed to panels at the World Economic Forum and conferences organized by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Category:Think tanks based in Mexico