Central America’s Economic Dilemmas: Food, Energy, and the Impact of the U.S. Crisis
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC
The current global economic crisis can have potentially dramatic effects on Central American
countries. Rising import bills, reduced remittances, and stagnating or deteriorating terms of trade, coupled
with a slowdown of the U.S. economy and limited fiscal resources, can have a severe negative impact on
the already complex socio-economic conditions in the region. This conference will analyze Central
America’s current economic scenario, including the consequences of increased food and energy prices.
AGENDA
2:00 p.m. – Welcome and opening remarks
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. U.S. economic slowdown and its effects in Central America
Pablo Rodas Martini, Chief Economist, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
Robert Wilke Meins, Multilateral Investment Fund, IADB
Yolanda de Gavidia, Former Minister of the Economy, El Salvador
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee break
3:45 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Effects of food and energy price increases
Jorge Máttar, Adjunct Director, ECLAC Sub-Regional Secretariat, Mexico City
Humberto López, Lead Economist, Central America, World Bank
Patricia Vásquez, Energy Intelligence
Jorge Asturias, Regional Director for Central America, Organización Latinoamericana de Energía
(OLADE)
5:20 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Closing remarks
Please RSVP, acceptances only, to José Raúl Perales (joseraul.perales@wilsoncenter.org).
We look forward to your participation in this important discussion.
Time:
10/28/2008 - 14:00 - 10/28/2008 - 17:30
- By intern at 10/21/2008 - 10:07