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Improving social cohesion in Latin America: making the most of globalisation

09-Oct-2008

While the global economy has created immense opportunities for Latin America, it has not reduced deep inequalities. In his remarks at a Euro-Latin American Forum in Paris, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría stressed that improvement in three crucial areas of public policy -fiscal policy, education and regional development- can foster social cohesion in the region.

Quality of life in Latin America: the urban dimension

22-Sep-2008

Latin America is the only region in the developing world where the majority of the population lives in urban areas. OECD Development Centre Director, Javier Santiso, participated in this OECD/Inter-American Development Bank seminar analysing the results of a research project assessing efforts to improve the quality of life in Latin America's rapidly growing cities.

Spain strengthens support for Centre's Latin America and Africa work

16-Sep-2008

The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation will support the Development Centre’s Latin America and Africa desks with a grant worth €450,000.  The signature of the Memorandum of Understanding pledging this voluntary contribution took place on the occasion of the visit by the Spanish Ambassador to the OECD, Cristina Narbona, to the Centre.

Presentation on the macro management of commodity booms, UNU-Wider project meeting, Johannesburg, 5-6 September

09-Sep-2008

OECD Development Centre researcher Rolando Avendaño made a presentation based on the Centre's resent work on the macro management of commodity booms in Africa and Latin America at the UNU-WIDER meeting on Southern engines of global growth that took place on 5-6 September in Johannesburg, South Africa.

How can Latin America benefit from the boom in commodity prices?

09-Sep-2008

Natural resources and development can go hand in hand. An OECD Development Centre Policy Brief and shorter Policy Insight analyse how countries like Chile and Norway offer lessons on how to use the bonanza from commodity exports to foster the economy and improve living conditions. The key policies: good governance, fiscal responsibility and future vision.

The emerging force of Latin American multinationals

02-Sep-2008

In this article published by the CEPAL Review, OECD Development Centre Director Javier Santiso analyses how Latin American multinationals, or multilatinas, compete with the largest conglomerates from the developed world in terms of their manufacturing and financial strength.

Work on Sovereign Debt Crises at World Congress of the International Economic Association

03-Jul-2008

OECD Development Centre Economist Sebastian Nieto presented  his work "Sovereign Debt Crises through the Prism of Primary Bond Market" at the 15th World Congress of the International Economic Association, in Istanbul on 28 June 2008

Work on Telecommunications at the 12th EADI General Conference

02-Jul-2008

Economist Juan Ramón de Laiglesia presented  his work on telecommunications and development at the 12th General Conference of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, at Geneva, on 25 June 2008.

China and India in Iberoamerica: Economic Complementarity?

04-Jun-2008

OECD Development Centre Director Javier Santiso presented the Centre's research on China's and India's economic impact in Latin America at this seminar organised by Casa America and Casa Asia in Madrid, on 17 June 2008.

LEO and Bertelsmann Foundation present research on Latin America

04-Jun-2008

The Latin American Economic Outlook team presented the main conclusions of its 2008 report and some preliminary findings of the 2009 study at a seminar in Berlin hosted by the Bertelsmann Foundation, on June 5.




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