Seminario: "Comercio, Inversión Extranjera directa en América Latina y Cadenas Globales de valor: una estrategia de inserción Internacional e Integración para América Latina""

Tuesday, 3 June

09:00 Opening

• Osvaldo Rosales, ECLAC
• Masataka Fujita, UNCTAD
• Juan Carlos Elorza, CAF

09:45 Panorama and World Latin American FDI

• General Trends in FDI. UNCTAD
• Situation of FDI in Latin America Miguel Pérez, ECLAC
• Questions and Answers Session

11:15 Latin America: From receptors to investors

• Analysis of Latin American Multinational Enterprises. Eugenio Rivera, Fundación Chile 21
• Policy BNDES to support the internationalization of Brazilian trans. Marcelo Alves de Figueiredo, BNDES

14:30 Regulatory reforms to attract FDI in Latin America

• "Regulation of FDI in Latin America. Options for the next wave of investment climate reforms". Augusto López-Claros, IFC
• Investment Policy Framework of the OECD. Andrea Goldstein, OECD
• Discussants: Miguel Pérez, ECLAC

17:00 General Discussion Session

Wednesday, 4 June

09:00 FDI in Latin America and Institutions

• Institutions, sectoral dynamics and FDI in Latin America: a new emerging reality. Michael Penfold, CAF
• Question and answers

09:45 Global value chains: Investment and Trade Development

• Patterns, Implications and Policies for CVG in Latin America. UNCTAD
• Question and answers

11:00 Panel 4: Trade, Integration, FDI and insertion in Global Chains

• Regional Integration: Towards a strategy for inclusive value chains. ECLAC
• Question and answers

11:00 Session Conclusions and General Discussion

12:30 Closure

• Michael Penfold. CAF