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July

21
2009

9:00 am EDT - 12:20 pm EDT

Past Event

Latin America’s Infrastructure: Roads to the Future

  • Tuesday, July 21, 2009

    9:00 am - 12:20 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

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.”

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.

Agenda

  • July 21
    • Opening Remarks

      Mauricio Cárdenas
      Mauricio Cárdenas Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy - Colombia University, Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit - Republic of Colombia, Former Brookings Expert
      PPS
      Presentation: Pablo Sanguinetti Research Director, Public Policies and Competitiveness Office, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
    • Panel 1: The Impact of Infrastructure on the Productive Sector

      PJGP
      Presentation: José Gregorio Pineda Deputy Research Director, Andean Development Corporation
      JB
      Juan Blyde Trade Economist, Trade and Integration Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
      Mauricio Cárdenas
      Mauricio Cárdenas Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy - Colombia University, Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit - Republic of Colombia, Former Brookings Expert
    • Panel 2: Institutions for Sustaining Infrastructure Development

      PPS
      Presentation: Pablo Sanguinetti Research Director, Public Policies and Competitiveness Office, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
      JLG
      José Luis Guash Senior Regional Advisor, Latin America and Caribbean Region, The World Bank
      CL
      Claudio Loser Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue
      CR
      Carolina Rentería Executive Director for Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago, The World Bank