Presentation of the Report on Economic Development (RED) in Barbados

Sergio Díaz-Granados has extensive experience in public and private service, both nationally and internationally, with special emphasis on regional development and integration issues. Before assuming the presidency of CAF, he served as Executive Director for Colombia at the Inter-American Development Bank. He previously held the positions of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Vice Minister of Business Development and President of the Boards of Directors of Bancóldex and ProColombia. He also has been a congressman and chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Colombia’s House of Representatives.

The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, S.C., M.P., is the 8th Prime Minister of Barbados and leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).
Born in Barbados on October 1, 1965, Prime Minister Mottley!s life has been one committed to highlighting and elevating the qualities of humanity, and developing a spirit of excellence for her country and for the Caribbean region. Mottley was first sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26, 2018, after leading the BLP to a clean sweep of the General Elections. On January 20, 2022, she retained Prime Ministership, as she led the BLP to a second consecutive clean sweep victory in a General Elections. Meanwhile, Mottley continues to serve as Member of Parliament for St Michael North East, a seat she has held for eight consecutive terms since first securing it in 1994.
An established Attorney-at-Law and Queen!s Counsel who has been called to the Bar in England, Wales and Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley has had an active and successful political life in Barbados for over three decades, becoming Barbados! youngest ever Queen's Counsel, its first female Attorney General, the first female political leader of the BLP, the first female leader of the Opposition and the first female Prime Minister of Barbados, leading Barbados! transition to becoming a Parliamentary Republic in 2021. Mottley!s service of excellence has also been recognised internationally, being bestowed a number of honours including, the Order of Roraima of Guyana, the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya, being named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2022, and most recently, being awarded the United Nations Foundation Champion for Global Change Award. Additionally, the Prime Minister has chaired a number of committees, and currently serves as:
• The Co-Chair of the One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance,
• Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates group,
• Lead Head of Government within CARICOM, bearing responsibility for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. With an unbridled love for all people, culture and the environment, Prime Minister Mottley continues to work tirelessly on behalf of the people of Barbados and the Caribbean region.

Lucila Berniell has a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad Carlos III (Madrid) and a M.A. in Economics from the same university. She also has a B.A. in Economics from the National University of Córdoba (Argentina). She is a research associate at the CEPE of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina). She was previously a researcher at IERAL of Fundación Mediterránea (Argentina) and at the Institute of Economics and Finance of the UNC, and a lecturer at the Universidad Carlos III in Spain, the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and the National Universities of La Plata and Córdoba in Argentina. Her research interests are in the areas of the economics of education, economic development, labor economics, and health economics. See publications

Leads CAF’s institutional relationship and engagement with governments and private sector clients in the Caribbean. She has close to 25 years’ experience in multilateral negotiations, development management and international finance, having formerly served as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Affairs at The University of the West Indies, Assistant Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten; Chief Technical Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Consultant, The World Bank, Washington DC and Programme Specialist, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.

Christian Asinelli is a political scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), has a Master's degree in Public Administration and Policy from the Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and postgraduate degrees in Urban Economics (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and in Sociourbana Management (FLACSO). In 2019, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from the National University of San Martín (Argentina). During the last sixteen years he has been appointed in different roles in the public sector and the international arena: Alternate National Director of the State Modernization Project at the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2005); Deputy of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2007-2010); Undersecretary of Evaluation of Projects with External Financing of the Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation (2011-2014); Corporate Director of Institutional Development of CAF (2014-2017); President of the Fundación Banco Ciudad (2019) and Undersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, Presidency of the Nation. He was a Fellow of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (2010), the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies-MIT (2011) and the Singularity University Executive Program (2017). He is the author of the books Buenos Aires: The city we have, the city we want (Buenos Aires, 2009); Modernization of the Argentine State: policies, management and professional scene (Buenos Aires, Edition, 2015) and Financing Development: The role of multilateral banking in Latin America (Buenos Aires, 2021).