PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

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Start Finish November 4th November 5th November 6th

08:00


08:30

08:30


09:30

Openning


Invited Session: A. Carstens, D. De Ferranti y J. A. Ocampo. 
Chair: Eduardo Lizano Fait
"Stability and Human Development in Latin America"

Contributed (11)

Contributed (11)

09:30

10:00

Coffee break

Coffee break

Coffee break

10:00

11:30

Contributed (9)

- Child Health, Poverty and the Role of Social Policies

- Political Institutions, Policymaking processes and Policy Outcomes

- Agriculture and International Trade Negotiations

- Debt and Dollars

- Increasing Latin America's Trade Presence in the World Economy

- Infrastructure trends in LA

11:30

13:00

Invited Session: Phillipe Aghion "Volatility and Growth"

Invited Session: Lawrence Klein "The Peace Dividend"

- Regulation and Firm Dynamics

- Emerging-Market Instability 

- India and China, lessons and consequences for Latin America 

13:00

14:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

14:00

15:30

Contributed (11)

- Tributary reform in Center America

- Trade and Poverty

- Contributed (5)

Invited Session: Ricardo Caballero "Emerging Markets Macroeconomics: An Insurance Perspective"

15:30

17:00

Contributed (11)

- The Financial Markets in Latin America: IDB and World Bank Reports

- Evaluation of the process of the PRSP/PRGF-Office Independent from Evaluation of the FMI

- Advances in Political Economy

Contributed (6)

17:00 17:30 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

17:30

19:00

- Macroeconomic Challenges in Central America

- Macroeconomic Effects of Pension Reform in Chile

- Teaching Economics: constrasting experiences

The Financial Markets in Latin America

Invited Session: Robert Lucas "Trade and Growth"