Feria Anual Tradicional del Sarape
The sarape is an iconic piece of clothing in Mexico, sold in large numbers each year during this popular trade fair. read more
Knowledge city
The term "Knowledge City" is short hand for a regional economy driven by high value-added manufacturing and services created through research, technology and human capital.
Knowledge City:
The term Knowledge City is short hand for a regional economy driven by high value-added manufacturing and services created through research, technology and human capital. Knowledge cities are most often characterized as having highly-skilled and educated labor forces, networks of global business influence and research excellence, outstanding infrastructure for connectivity to global markets; market access regimes that encourage high levels of international trade and inward investment; and education and social systems that foster openness, tolerance and merit-based cultures.
Mexico City is emerging as Latin America’s premier Knowledge City. We enjoy a privileged knowledge base as the economic and scientific center of the country, home to Mexico’s leading universities, scientific and research institutes, and both national and multinational corporations in knowledge-based industry sectors. Companies and workers in Mexico City can take advantage of Mexico’s embrace of globalization, including the country’s 44 free trade agreements linking the country with major world markets and a business-friendly legal framework.
In Mexico City, we are investing heavily in programs and infrastructure that make it a highly competitive global market. Out goal is to ensure we are promoting sustainable development and growth in the years and decades to come. To learn more about what Mexico City is doing to develop its knowledge economy, click on the links below:
Banking & Financial Services • Education • Healthcare • Human Capital • Information Technologies & Telecommunications • Science & Technology • Social Freedoms • Sustainability
Photography courtesy of Mexico City: A Knowledge Economy, 2010
focus areas:
Banking & Financial Services
“Mexico is a great investment opportunity for both domestic and foreign capital. I think Mexico City is and will remain of the most attractive cities for investment.” — Ignacio Deschamps González, CEO, BBVA Bancomer. Mexico City is the center of financial and commercial activity in Mexico and home to Latin… read more
Education
“Education should be at the heart of public policy, for it is through education that social issues can really be addressed.” — Mayor Marcelo Ebrard. Education is the foundation of a knowledge-based economy. A comprehensive education builds the skills, values and knowledge that will drive creativity and innovation in every… read more
Healthcare
“In Mexico City, there is a pro bono law which ensures that anyone living here who doesn’t receive social security benefits can get free medical check-ups, medicines, analysis, scans, hospitalization and surgery, all without any cost…The backbone of the city government’s health program is preventative action.” — Dr. Armando Ahued,… read more
Human Capital
“Mexico City’s government is committed to transforming the city into a highly competitive marketplace that stands among the best in the world.” — Mayor Marcelo Ebrard. The third largest city in the world in terms of population, Mexico City has more than a large labor force; it has a knowledgeable… read more
Information Technologies & Telecommunications
“This city really demands solutions up front and it generates them, too. Microsoft Mexico has developed successful strategies that have then been implemented in other countries.” — Enrique Simón Rueda, Sales OEM Manager, Microsoft Latin America. Mexico City is continuing to invest in its telecommunications infrastructure so businesses and individuals… read more
Science & Technology
“Government funding for research at the universities that are generating new knowledge, when passed off to the companies, will result in processes that positively impact society and the economy.” — Dr. Juan Pedro Laclette, Senior Researcher, Institute of Biomedical Research, UNAM. Mexico City is poised to emerge as a major… read more
Social Freedoms
“Mexico City’s civil society has a mature citizenship card. The dynamics of freedom and the force of public opinion are on the side of civil society...” — Rogelio Gómez Hermosillo, World Bank consultant and Chairman, Alianza Cívica. Mexico City has a long tradition of respecting political liberties and freedoms. Freedom… read more
Sustainability
“We are cleaning up our city and we want to project it. We want to convey the image of a green city that is committed to sustainability.” — Martha Delgado, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Mexico City. As in any megacity, Mexico City faces a variety of environmental challenges. Urban… read more
Voices from the city:
Marc Chassinat, Entrepreneur
Marc Chassinat sits behind his command center desk in Toda La Prensa’s office in Mexico City’s Escandón neighborhood, effortlessly slipping between Spanish, French, and English as he negotiates the day’s work with his staff and suppliers. read more
December 03 – December 14, 2012
December 10, 2012
Palacio de los Deportes
Bruce Springsteen in Mexico City
The Wrecking Ball tour comes to a close in Mexico City. read more
December 12, 2012
Dia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
Millions of pilgrims come to honor Mexico’s religious patron each year, for the culmination of ten days of celebrations in Mexico City. read more
December 15 – December 19, 2012
Alcoman
Feria de la Piñata
Certainly one of the area’s most colorful events, Feria de la Piñata features all kinds of piñatas to purchase and admire. read more
December 15 – December 24, 2012
Latin American Festival of Pastorelas
Mexico City’s festivities in the lead up to Christmas includes this parade, whose many characters tell the story of the nativity. read more
December 16 – December 24, 2012
Feria de la Nochebuena y Articulos Navidenos
Pick up last-minute gifts and holiday decorations at the Feria de la Nochebuena, held through late December. read more
Surprising Fact
Mexico City invests over $1 billion in climate change reduction projects each year.
Overheard
Culturally, the city has changed enormously in terms of all of these social accouterments that we see here in San Francisco, for example, in terms of gay unions, same sex marriage, bicycles and recycling, just all those things you wouldn’t have imagined Mexico City could actually evolve into. Into being an environmentally-minded if not an environmentally-clean city at this point, but trying all the time. That’s been a remarkable change as well.
— John Ross, San Francisco Chronicle