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The eighth edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook: Education, Skills and Innovation will be launched on Tuesday 9 December at 8:30am in the margins of the Ibero-American Summit at the Conventions Center, World Trade Centre, in Veracruz, Mexico.
This year’s edition focuses on how the region can increase the levels and quality of education and skills in order to foster productivity and competitiveness as well as a more inclusive society, in a context of growth slowdown.
The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Enrique García Rodríguez, President and Chief Executive Officer of the development bank of Latin America (CAF), and Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.
Other participants in the launch include Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, Rebeca Grynspan, Executive Secretary of the Ibero-American Secretary-General (SEGIB), Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and Mario Pezzini, OECD Development Centre Director.
What: Launch of the Latin American Economic Outlook: Education, Skills and Innovation.
Who:
-Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
-Enrique García Rodríguez, President and Chief Executive Officer of the development bank of Latin America (CAF).
-Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.
When: Tuesday 9 December at 8:30am.
Where: Conventions Center, World Trade Centre, Veracruz, Mexico.
Important: please note that only accredited reporters can attend the Summit.
The Outlook will be under embargo until Tuesday 9 December 2014, 08:30am Mexico time (GMT+6). Advance copies will be available, in both English and Spanish, under request, from Bochra Kriout (Bochra.Kriout@oecd.org) and the OECD Media Press Office (news.contact@oecd.org; Tel: +33 145 27 97 00), the day before release.
Requests for information or interviews should be directed to Carolina Ziehl in Mexico (Carolina.Zhiel@oecd.org - +52.55.9 138 6235 46235) and Bochra Kriout in Paris (Bochra.kriout@oecd.org - +33 145 24 82 96).
More information on ://www.latameconomy.org/en/.
