▪ José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

▪ Rafael Garranzo García, Spanish Ambassador to Chile

Moderator: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Presentations:

▪ José Antonio Ocampo, Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia and Principal Advisor of the Regional Platform for Tax Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean

▪ Nicolas Bohme, Coordinator of Tax Policy, Ministry of Finance, Chile

▪ Antonio Freitas, Undersecretary of International Finance and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, Brazil

Comments:

▪ Vladimir Regueiro Ale, Minister of Finance and Prices, Cuba

▪ Dennis Cornwall, Minister of Finance, Grenada, virtual

▪ Camillo Gonsalves, Minister of Finance, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

▪ Raul Rigo, Undersecreary of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Argentina, virtual

▪ Ryan Straughn, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Barbados

▪ Jhonny Cristian Morales Coronel, Viceminister of Tax Policy, Ministry of Economy and Public Finance, Bolivia

16:50 to 17:05 Coffee

▪ Gustavo Camacho Dávila, Undersecretary of Fiscal Policy (a.i.), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ecuador

▪ Juan Pichihua Serna, Viceminister of Economy, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru

▪ Brian Manning, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago

▪ Christiam Hernández Verdecanna Viceminister of Finance and Public Budget, Venezuela, virtual

▪ Melvin Quirós Romero, Director of Public Credit, Ministry of Finance, Costa Rica

▪ Rolando Sapriza, Director of Macro Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Finance, Paraguay

▪ Versilie Francis, Director of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Saint Kitts and Nevis

▪ Imran Williams, Director of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy, Saint Lucia

▪ Georgetine Tjalim, Head of the Economic Affairs Department, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Suriname

▪ María Pía Biestro, Director of Tax Advisory, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Uruguay

Moderator: Daniel Titelman, Director of the Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentation:

▪ José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Comments:

▪ José Antonio Ocampo, Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia and Principal Advisor to the Regional Platform for Tax Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean

▪ Emilio Pineda, Head of the Fiscal Management Division, IDB

Question and answer session

Moderator: Noel Pérez Benitez, Head of the Fiscal Affairs Unit, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

▪ Daniel Titelman, Director of the Economic Development Division, ECLAC

▪ Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the Development Centre, OECD

▪ Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean, Development Centre, OECD

▪ Era Dabla-Norris, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

▪ David Bradbury, Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD

▪ Emilio Pineda, Head of the Fiscal Management Division, IDB

Question and answer session

Moderator: Noel Pérez Benitez, Head of the Fiscal Affairs Unit, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

▪ Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the Development Centre, OECD

▪ David Bradbury, Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD

▪ Sebastián Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean, Development Centre, OECD

▪ Michael Hanni, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

▪ Santiago Díaz de Sarralde, Director of Tax Studies and Research, CIAT, virtual

Question and answer session

Moderator: Ramón Pineda Salazar, Head of the Labor Studies Unit, Economic Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

▪ Carola Moreno, Head of Financial and International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Chile

▪ Melvin Quirós Romero, Director of Public Debt, Ministry of Finance, Costa Rica

▪ César Vives, Director General de Operaciones Financieras, Unidad de Crédito Público y Asuntos Internacionales de Hacienda, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, México

Comments:

▪ María Dolores Almeida, Consultant, ECLAC

Question and answer session



 

Moderator: Cielo Morales, Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning, ECLAC

Presentations:

▪ Oscar Cetrángolo and Dalmiro Morán, University of Buenos Aires

▪ Héctor Villareal, Director of the Initiative for Economic and Demographic Transition, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico

▪ Cristina García-Herrera, Director of Studies, Institute of Fiscal Studies, Spain, virtual

▪ Nora Lustig, Director of the Commitment to Equity Institute (CEQ), Tulane University, virtual

Comments:

▪ José Antonio Ocampo, Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia and Principal Advisor to the Regional Platform for Tax Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean

Question and answer session

Moderator: Alberto Arenas, Director of the Social Development Division, ECLAC

Presentations:

▪ Andrea Podestá, Consultant, ECLAC

▪ Pablo Jorquera, Jefe de Estudios of Budget Office, DIPRES, Ministry of Finance, Chile

▪ Leonardo Garnier, Special Adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations

▪ Vilma da Conceição Pinto, Director, Independent Fiscal Institution, Federal Senate of Brazil, Brazil, virtual

Comments:

▪ Alejandra Macías Sánchez, Executive Director, Center for Economic and Budgetary Research, Mexico

Question and answer session