Liliana Rojas-Suarez, director of the Latin America Initiative and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development: “Latin America has been experiencing persistently low economic growth for several years. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, multilateral organizations were forecasting the region would have the weakest growth among all developing areas. A stark contrast exists between the region’s macroeconomic stability and its lackluster growth. While there is broad support for policies aimed at controlling inflation, there is little consensus on the structural reforms needed to address deep-rooted challenges—such as high labor informality, low productivity and weak institutional frameworks—that hinder private investment. This has created a vicious cycle: The absence of reforms leads to limited growth and social progress, which in turn fuels…”
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Director,
Columbus Group
Merike Blofield
Professor of Political Science,
University of Hamburg
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CEO,
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Corporate Vice President for Gov’t Relations,
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Peter Hakim
President Emeritus,
Inter-American Dialogue
Donna Hrinak
Director,
Adtalem Global Education
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Council Member,
GLG Inc.
James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies
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Senior Director,
Int’l Gov’t Relations,
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Barbara Kotschwar
Professor of Political Economy,
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Director,
US Education Finance Group
Nicolas Mariscal
Chairman,
Grupo Marhnos
Thomas F. McLarty III
Chairman,
McLarty Associates
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Director,
AMLA Consulting
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President,
IESA
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