Bogotá.-Colombian and international experts will analyze for two days in Cartagena de Indias the challenges of the economy in Latin America during the annual Conference of Economic Studies, the organizers reported this Friday. The meeting, organized by the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR), will bring together authorities, academics and representatives of international organizations to “rethink Economic policy in Latin America in an uncertain and changing environment”. , general theme of the event. The meeting will be attended by the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the American Gita Gopinath, who “gives a global perspective on international macroeconomic policy with emphasis for Latin America and the Caribbean,” the FLAR explained in a statement .
Gita Gopinath. Afp
In addition to Gopinath, who is the first woman to take office, the Federal Reserve Board’s director of International finance, Steven Kamin, will be present, and the deputy head of the IMF division, Luc Eyraud. Also analyze the panorama of the region Vice President of knowledge of the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), Pablo Sanguinetti, and professor at Cornell University Eswar Prasad. Eswar “lead the discussion on the implications of new and developing technologies of the digital age On the monetary policy and financial stability of Latin America, “added the information. These experts will address during the event, which has the support of the CAF, other issues such as the “Challenges of monetary policy and financial stability in the digital age” and “the new generation of fiscal rules”. Those attending the two days will also be able to listen to the analyses on “The future of employment in the face of technological changes such as automation” and “Rethinking international macroeconomic policy”. The conference, which reaches its 14th edition, has been consolidated as a regional space to “promote dialogue” on best practices in fiscal, financial and monetary policy.
The Latin American Reserve Fund was created in 1978 and aims to economically support its member countries and improve the investment conditions of international reserves made by its members. In the same way, it seeks to “contribute to the harmonization of exchange, monetary and financial policies of the member countries”. The fund is formed by Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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