Arizona-Sonora Region: Economic Indicators and Regional Initiatives 2009

Author(s)
Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Ph.D., Jaewon Lim, Ph.D., Economic & Business Research Center, Eller School of Management, University of Arizona
Published
2009

Increasing the region's competitive position 

Under the auspices of Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC) and its sister organization, Comisión Sonora- Arizona (CSA), a strategic economic development vision was initiated 1993 as one of the first formal cross-border partnerships between two Border States in the U.S.-Mexico border region. The specific goal has been to increase the Region’s competitive position within NAFTA and global economy by building on complementary resources, increased cooperation and focused regional approach. This is one in a series of ongoing reports on the state of the binational economy and the initiative.