Event Summary
Promotion of infrastructure investment is a key prerequisite for sustainable development as these services directly affect household’s quality of life and the productivity and trade opportunities of firms and industries. On July 21, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) hosted a discussion of CAF’s recent report titled “Roads to the Future: Management of Infrastructure in Latin America.”
Event Information
When
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
9:00 AM to 12:20 PM
Where
Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Leading experts on Latin America examined infrastructure investment in this region. Mauricio Cárdenas, senior fellow and director of the Latin America Initiative, provided opening remarks. Pablo Sanguinetti, research director in the Public Policies and Competitiveness office at CAF, presented a general overview of the report’s findings. This was followed by two panel discussions dealing with impact of infrastructure on the productive sector and the role of institutions for sustaining infrastructure development. After each panel, participants took audience questions.
Participants
Opening Remarks
Director, Latin America Initiative
Pablo Sanguinetti
Research Director, Public Policies and Communications Office, Andean Development Corporation
Panel 1: The Impact of Infrastructure on the Productive Sector
Presentation: José Gregorio Pineda
Deputy Research Director, Andean Development Corporation
Juan Blyde
Trade Economist, Trade and Integration Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
Director, Latin America Initiative
Richard Frank
Chief Executive Officer, Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd
Panel 2: Institutions for Sustaining Infrastructure Development
Presentation: Pablo Sanguinetti
Research Director, Public Policies and Competitiveness Office, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
José Luis Guash
Senior Regional Advisor, Latin America and Caribbean Region, The World Bank
Claudio Loser
Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue
Carolina Rentería
Executive Director for Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago, The World Bank