Rethinking the Present and Future of Latin America and The Caribbean
Latin American and Caribbean countries are facing one of the most complex crises of recent times. The region’s governments have intervened economically with countercyclical measures aimed at minimizing the social and economic effects produced by the necessary containment measures.
The repercussions generated by this crisis force us to rethink the present and near future for the region, responding to the urgency of the situation, without losing sight of what has been achieved to meet the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Within this context and as part of CAF's 50th-anniversary celebration, the online event "Rethinking the Present and Future of Latin America" brought together leaders who have played a fundamental role in the response to the crisis from their respective positions.
(Mexico) is the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). She has previously served as under-secretary general for management at headquarters in New York, director of ECLAC’s Environment and Human Settlements Division, and coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Sustainable Development Program of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
He is a graduate of Amherst College and has a Ph.D. from MIT. He became a full professor at Yale and was recipient of the John Bates Clark Award. He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, and MIT. He was Drummond Professor of Political Economy and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. In 2001, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his market analysis with asymmetrical information, and was a lead author of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He is now University Professor at Columbia University, where he is also the co-founder and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue. He is also the Chief Economist at the Roosevelt Institute.
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He has studies in Economics and Administration at the University of the Republic of Uruguay and specialization studies in the United States and France. He held the positions of President of the Central Bank of Uruguay in 1967 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (1985-1988). He was Executive Secretary of ECLAC (1972-1985) and Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Energy Sources that took place in Nairobi, Kenya (1981). He was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the first time in March 1988 and re-elected in 1993, 1998 and 2003, ending his administration in 2005. In 2004 he was elected as Ibero-American Secretary General, a position he held until 2014. received numerous national and international distinctions and awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award, the Grand Cross of Isabel la Católica, as well as the highest decorations from Latin American, European and Asian countries; he was also invested by S.M. the King of Spain, as a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate by a large number of universities in the world. He currently chairs the Astur Foundation and is a member of numerous academic and institutional councils.
He was appointed Secretary-General of the OECD on June 1, 2006, and is currently serving his third five-year term. He has firmly established the OECD as a pillar of the global economic governance architecture that includes the G20, G7 and APEC, and a benchmark in the design and implementation of better policies for better lives. He had a distinguished career in public service in Mexico, including positions as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance and Public Credit.
Ecuadorian journalist holding more than 20 years of experience in broadcast journalism and a Master’s degree in Political Management from the George Washington University. Has also worked as a correspondent of the Ecuadorian network, Ecuavisa, in Washington, D.C. She also directs her own opinion show, “Zoom a la Noticia”.
