ERNESTO ZEDILLO COMMENTARY
THINK GLOBAL

HOST INTRO:

AS PRESIDENT OF MEXICO DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1990s, ERNESTO ZEDILLO [ze-DEE-yoh] OVERSAW A PERIOD OF UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC GROWTH. HE ALSO BOOSTED SOCIAL SPENDING IN MEXICO TO RECORD LEVELS. SINCE HE LEFT OFFICE IN 2000 HE HAS BEEN A LEADING VOICE IN FAVOR OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AS A WAY FORWARD FOR THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES. TODAY HE HEADS THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION AT YALE UNIVERSITY. HE OFFERS THESE COMMENTS AS PART OF "THINK GLOBAL," PUBLIC RADIO'S WEEK OF SPECIAL COVERAGE. 


BACK-ANNOUNCE:

THOSE WERE THE COMMENTS OF ERNESTO ZEDILLO [ze-DEE-yoh], FORMER PRESIDENT OF MEXICO AND CURRENTLY DIRECTOR OF THE YALE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION.