“Raices” Art Exhibit
“Raices,” or “Roots,” is a new public exhibit by Mexican artist Rivelino, designed to provoke reflection about the nation’s past. 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:
Mario Delgado Carillo
Secretary of Education, Mexico 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
— Mario Delgado Carillo, Secretary of Education, Mexico City
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.” — Mario Delgado Carillo, Secretary of Education, Mexico City Education is the foundation of a knowledge-based economy. A comprehensive education builds the skills, values and knowledge that will drive… 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:
Kathryn Blair: The Angel
Kathryn Skidmore Blair never met her husband’s mother. But if ever there has been a dutiful daughter-in-law, she is it. Admittedly obsessed with her mother-in-law’s story, she dug the details of Antonieta Rivas Mercado’s life out from the very back of the family closet, and spent over twenty years researching and writing her biography. read more
January 18 – February 14, 2012
Palacio de Bellas Artes and National Museum of Art
January 25 – January 28, 2012
Centro Banamex
Mexico International Furniture Fair
Hundreds of vendors from various countries exhibit their beautiful and unique furniture during this three-day display of craftsmanship. read more
February 09 – February 11, 2012
Teatro Julio Castillo
International Symposium of Contemporary Art Theory
Artists, architects, writers and visionaries of contemporary art exhibit their work. read more
February 10 – May 03, 2012
Traveling Film Festival “Ambulante”
This travelling documentary film festival serves as a forum for ground-breaking Mexican documentaries. read more
February 23 – March 01, 2012
The University Cultural Center
UNAM’s International Film Festival
The Festival introduces audiences to cinema as a social driving force. read more
Surprising Fact
Even during the current recession, foreign direct investment to Mexico City has grown by 4.5 percent.
Overheard
If Mexican doctors and nurses give their regular patients just a fraction of the royal treatment that they gave me, they are offering a much more personalized service than one can find in most U.S. hospitals
— Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald