The University of Arizona Office of Economic Development (UAOED), in partnership with the Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC), recently released Arizona-Sonora Region: Indicators of Economic Progress (Indicators), a study that examines the performance of the region’s progress in economic development as well as regional and global competitiveness.

During the past eight years, the states of Arizona and Sonora have been engaged in an aggressive effort to develop a regional economy. This project, known as the Arizona-Sonora Project, has been coordinated by the offices of economic development at the University of Arizona and Arizona Sate University, and is designed to:

•Build an integrated regional economy.