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Making Trade Work for Development in Latin America

Monday 10 November 2008

Location

Chatham House, London

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Making Trade Work for Development in Latin America

How can trade have a positive impact on the poorest in Latin America? Two decades of deepening trade liberalization and expanding trade flows in Latin America have brought growth and improvements in efficiency in key sectors; but poverty remains a big issue in the region. This conference will look at ways in which trade agreements can be used to enhance development and ensure that benefits from trade reach the poorest.

Leading thinkers and practitioners from Latin America will address key issues, such as:

  • What are the challenges of linking trade and development?
  • What roles can government policy-makers, private investors and civil society respectively have in enhancing the positive effects of trade?
  • Can poverty reduction objectives be built into trade agreements? How can the private sector and civil society contribute to poverty reduction initiatives in trade?
  • What strategies are available to promote workers' rights in the context of trade-led development?
  • What roles do all players have in safeguarding the environment whilst promoting trade?

Speaker Highlights

Ambassador Ramdin


Albert Ramdin
Assistant Secretary General
Organization of American States

Alan Winters
Chief Economist
Department for International Development, UK

Anthony Bebbington
Professor of Nature, Society and Development
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester

Minister Carlos Marcio Bicalho Cozenday
Head of the Economic Department
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Brazil

Antoni Estevadeordal
Manager, Integration and Trade Sector
Inter-American Development Bank

Jose Garibaldi
Distinguised Adviser
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

James Howard
Director, Economic and Social Policy
International Trade Union Confederation

W Robert de Jongh
Regional Director, Latin America
SNV, Netherlands Development Organization

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz
Chief Executive
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

Kevin Middlebrook
Institute for the Study of the Americas
University of London

Jorge Nowalski
Chairman
Centro Internacional para el Desarrollo Humano

Sheila Page OBE
Senior Research Associate
Overseas Development Institute

Roland Verstappen
Vice President, International Affairs
ArcelorMittal



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