Vidal Garza Cantú is Director of the FEMSA Foundation since August 2007.
From 2003 to 2006, he was Associate Director and founder of the Graduate School for Public Policy and Administration of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he was also a full-time professor of Political Economy and Public Policy.
From 1999 to 2003, he directed the Center for Public Policy Analysis at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Additionally, Garza Cantú has been a professor at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM).
In 1998, he was Director of Research for Latin America in The University of Texas Inequality Project. Dr. Garza has written and edited a number of books on economic policy and inequality. His latest are “Política Pública y Democracia en América Latina, del análisis a la implementación” (Editorial Miguel Angel Porrúa, 2009) and “The Mexican States: Their assets and their economic and social dynamism”, (Mexican Congress and Editorial Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2006). He published several chapters on industrial wage inequality in the book edited by James K. Galbraith “Inequality and Industrial Change, A Global View” (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
Dr. Garza has published many articles in academic journals such as: “The Evolution of Industrial Wage Inequality in US, Mexico and Brazil: A Comparative Study” (Review of Development Economics, 2000).
In January 2007 he was awarded first place in the National Research Contest about Corruption for México 2006 given by UNAM and the Ministry of Public Function for the co-authored research “The Organization of Corruption, Political Horizons and Special Interests”. Dr. Garza is a regular editorialist for El Norte newspaper.
Since 2003 he participates in the Citizen’s Board of the Social Development Council of the State of Nuevo León.
Dr. Garza graduated with a B.S. in Economics from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a J.D. in Law and Juridical Science from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. He obtained his M.A. in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and in 2001, his Ph.D. Public Policy from the University of Texas.
From 2003 to 2006, he was Associate Director and founder of the Graduate School for Public Policy and Administration of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he was also a full-time professor of Political Economy and Public Policy.
From 1999 to 2003, he directed the Center for Public Policy Analysis at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Additionally, Garza Cantú has been a professor at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM).
In 1998, he was Director of Research for Latin America in The University of Texas Inequality Project. Dr. Garza has written and edited a number of books on economic policy and inequality. His latest are “Política Pública y Democracia en América Latina, del análisis a la implementación” (Editorial Miguel Angel Porrúa, 2009) and “The Mexican States: Their assets and their economic and social dynamism”, (Mexican Congress and Editorial Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2006). He published several chapters on industrial wage inequality in the book edited by James K. Galbraith “Inequality and Industrial Change, A Global View” (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
Dr. Garza has published many articles in academic journals such as: “The Evolution of Industrial Wage Inequality in US, Mexico and Brazil: A Comparative Study” (Review of Development Economics, 2000).
In January 2007 he was awarded first place in the National Research Contest about Corruption for México 2006 given by UNAM and the Ministry of Public Function for the co-authored research “The Organization of Corruption, Political Horizons and Special Interests”. Dr. Garza is a regular editorialist for El Norte newspaper.
Since 2003 he participates in the Citizen’s Board of the Social Development Council of the State of Nuevo León.
Dr. Garza graduated with a B.S. in Economics from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a J.D. in Law and Juridical Science from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. He obtained his M.A. in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and in 2001, his Ph.D. Public Policy from the University of Texas.