CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean will host the Latin America and the Caribbean International Economic Forum 2025: How to Return to the Path of Growth? in Panama. This high-level event will bring together global leaders and regional experts to discuss strategies that promote productivity and equitable well-being. The sessions will focus on strengthening institutions, fostering innovation and digitalization, advancing the green energy transition, developing strategic infrastructure, and creating inclusive opportunities for all.
Dates: January 29–30, 2025
Location: Panama Convention Center, Panama City, Panama
Current Affairs Sessions
Leaders and experts will come together in these sessions to discuss economic challenges, geopolitical tensions, and opportunities for public-private collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean. A space to design key strategies for inclusive development in 2025.
Economic Outlook 2025
Experts will analyze the economic outlook for LAC in 2025: growth projections, inflation, fiscal policies, the impact of electoral cycles, geopolitical tensions, and global trends. A space for dialogue and strategy-building in a constantly evolving context.
Geopolitical Outlook 2025
In a closed session, leaders and analysts will discuss the global geopolitical impacts on LAC: U.S. elections, climate financing, international conflicts, and protectionism. A space to analyze strategies in a complex political and economic environment.
The Business Perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025
This session will analyze how multilateral institutions and the private sector can join forces to improve the business environment in LAC. Successful public-private partnerships that drive investment, mobilize resources, and foster social and economic development will be highlighted.
Plenary Sessions
What can we do to grow? Investment, innovation, policies, institutions and governance, keys to a new growth path.
This panel will explore approaches to overcoming low growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on infrastructure investment, labor informality, and productivity. Leaders will discuss strategies in public policy, innovation, and governance to foster inclusive and sustainable development across the region.
Parallel Sessions
The Forum will feature parallel sessions designed to delve deeper into specific topics. These spaces will allow experts, leaders, and participants to analyze key issues such as digitalization, sustainable financing, social inclusion, and the energy transition, fostering in-depth discussions and collaborations in strategic areas to drive the region's development.
Connecting Latin America and the Caribbean: Smart Logistics for Global Growth
This panel will analyze how to modernize logistics in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce costs, improve competitiveness and strengthen export capacity. Investments in ports and airports, digitalization and sustainability will be discussed as keys to integrating into global value chains.
Interactive Sessions
The Forum will include interactive sessions that will promote the dynamic exchange of ideas among participants. These spaces will be designed to foster collaboration, explore innovative solutions and address specific challenges through open discussions, practical workshops and collaborative activities, fostering the co-creation of strategies for the sustainable development of the region.
