ECLAC Will Present the First Edition of its Report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, September 5, 2024, during a web seminar, the first edition of its report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which presents a new vision of these policies for the region, details the various efforts that Latin American and Caribbean countries have been making, and proposes a series of guidelines and recommendations for scaling up and improving these policies with the aim of achieving more productive, inclusive and sustainable development.

The new publication – which seeks to become a point of reference for policymakers and specialists in productive development – will be presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and the Director of the Commission’s Production, Productivity and Management Division, Marco Llinás, between 9:00 and 9:45 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT-4).

Afterwards, three discussion panels will take place with the participation of José Antonio Ocampo, former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia and former Executive Secretary of ECLAC; Nicolás Grau, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile; and Piero Ghezzi, former Minister of Production of Peru and specialist in productive development, as well as authorities from Brazil and Colombia.

They will be joined by specialists from the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and from Columbia, Harvard and Oxford universities, among other institutions.

In the report’s five chapters, ECLAC addresses topics such as:

• The role of productivity in the low-growth trap in which Latin America and the Caribbean is caught.
• The new vision on productive development policies for the region.
• Characterization and quantification of the productive development policy instruments of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Institutions and governance of productive development policies in the region.
• Productive development policies at a subnational level.

What: Launch of the first edition of ECLAC’s report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Who:

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
• Marco Llinás, Director of ECLAC’s Production, Productivity and Management Division.
• Annalisa Primi, Head of the Development and Economic Transformation Division, OECD Development Centre.
• Fuad Hasanov, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• José Antonio Ocampo, Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia, and former Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
• Nicolás Grau, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Chile.
• Uallace Moreira, Secretary of Industry, Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services of Brazil.
• Paola Pabón, Prefect of the Province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
• Professors Nathan Lane (Oxford University), Charles Sabel (Columbia University), Amir Lebdioui (Oxford University) and Christian Ketels (Harvard University).
• Gonzalo Rivas, Head of the Competitiveness, Technology, and Innovation Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
• Piero Ghezzi, Former Minister of Production, Peru.
• Camilo Rivera, Deputy Minister of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia.
• Rebeca Vidal, Private Sector Evaluation Executive, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).
• Vidal Llerenas, Politician, expert in productive policy, Mexico.

When: Thursday, September 5, 2024, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time in Chile (GMT-4).

Where: Virtual connection via various platforms:

AGENDA OF THE SEMINAR

Zoom: https://cepal-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xXBsLKRKTsuQY9SrOpEQYw

ECLAC’s website: www.cepal.org

Special streaming site: https://live.cepal.org

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