Americas Quarterly

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Americas Quarterly
AQ Fall 2013 Cover, freedom of Expression.jpg
The Fall 2013 cover of Americas Quarterly on Free Speech in the Americas
Editor-in-ChiefBrian Winter
Former editorsChristopher Sabatini
Categories Western Hemisphere, Latin America, Foreign Policy, Politics, Current Events
Frequency Quarterly
Total circulation
(2013)		15,000 [1]
First issueAugust 27, 2007;16 years ago (2007-08-27)
Company Americas Society and Council of the Americas
Country United States
Based in New York, New York
LanguageEnglish
Website www.americasquarterly.org
ISSN 1936-797X

Americas Quarterly (AQ) is a publication dedicated to politics, business, and culture in the Americas. [2]

Contents

Distribution

AQ has an established relationship with NTN24, an online news channel from Colombia with three million viewers, to broadcast stories on topics from Americas Quarterly. Topics from AQ are also discussed on NTN's program Efecto Naím, with host Moisés Naím. [3]

Editorial board

The Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index

In 2019, the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and Control Risks, the consulting firm specializing in global risks, present the publication of the Anti-Corruption Capacity Index (CCC), an analytical tool based on data to assess the ability of Latin American countries to uncover, punish, and stop corruption. [4] [5]

"The Index shows in detail how the anti-corruption wave that was advancing in Latin America a few years ago has lost steam and, in some places, is receding dangerously. What is even more worrying: this is happening while COVID-19 is increasing the risk of corruption throughout the region,” said Roberto Simón, senior director of public policy at AS/COA. [6]

Social Inclusion Index

AQ's annual Social Inclusion Index, [7] which was published between 2012 and 2016, evaluated 17 countries on across 21 variables including access to public and private goods, popular attitudes toward empowerment and government responsiveness, and the protection of basic civil, political, and human, and disability rights as well as access to justice. The Index tracked social inclusion within and across countries over the long-term, addressing the multiple dimensions of social inclusion.

The 2014 Social Inclusion Index generated press coverage both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "About". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "About". Americasquarterly.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ↑ "Americas Quarterly". Efecto Naim. July 12, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index 2021" (PDF). Americasquarterly.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Capacity to Combat Corruption Index 2021". Americasquarterly.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Índice CCC 2020 revela que lucha anticorrupción en América Latina ha perdido fuerza". As-coa.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "AQ Interactive: The Social Inclusion Index 2014". Americas Quarterly. Archived from the original on November 12, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ Passy, Jacob. "Uruguay, Argentina Top Social Inclusion Index". Nbcnews.com. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ "What do 'social inclusion' rankings tell us about the child migrant crisis? - Dramatic social disparity across the Americas". Csmonitor.com. July 29, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Brazil Might Not Be As Bad As Brazilians Think". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  11. ↑ "WordPress.com". Voxxi. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  12. ↑ Jiménez, Vicente (July 29, 2014). "La violencia contra mujeres y menores lastra la inclusión social en Latinoamérica". El Pais. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Índice 2014: Exclusión hasta en EE.UU". Voanoticias.com. August 28, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Americas Quarterly Social Inclusion Index 2014". Reuters.com. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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