III International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean

Finding new factors of growth in a world of shifting wealth , 24 January 2011

Co-organised by the OECD Development Centre, the Inter-American Development Bank and the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry

Pierre Mendès- Conference Centre Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry 139, rue de Bercy - 75012 Paris, France

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 18/01/2010

Registration 08.00-08.45 Tea/Coffee Opening speech

9.00 – 9.30 Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn, Executive Director for France, IDB

Introduction: Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, France

Juan Manuel Santos, President, Republic of Colombia

I. Latin America and the Caribbean and the Agenda

09.30-10.30 Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, France Angel Gurría, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico

Moderator: Michael Reid,

II. Commodity Trade: curse or blessing?

10.30-12.30 Enrique Iglesias, Secretary General, Ibero-American Secretariat, SEGIB Juan Camilo Restrepo, Minister, Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Principal Economist, Integration and Trade, IDB David Hallam, Director, Trade and Markets Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Michel Houdebine, Assistant Secretary for Public Policies, Directorate General of the French Treasury

Moderator: José Manuel Calvo, Deputy Director, El País

Lunch

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III. What role for the middle income sectors in Development?

14:00-16:00 Vicente Caruz, President, EuroChile Business Foundation Mario Cimoli, Director of the Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC Alberto Mayorga Ríos, Head of the Plannification and International Relations Unit, Social Development Secretariat (SEDESOL), Mexico Juan Temístocles Montás, Minister of Economy, Dominican Republic Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre Moderator: Carlos Alberto Sardenberg, TV Globo and Radio CBN

Closing Keynote Speech

16.00-16.30 , First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Wrap up: Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre

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