III International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean
Finding new factors of growth in a world of shifting wealth Paris, 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-France 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 G20 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, The Economist
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 John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Wrap up: Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre
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