14.11.2014 | DIE: Beyond Resource-based Development in Latin America

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) would like to invite you to the

Workshop: Beyond Resource-based Development in Latin America

Hosted by
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

With the participation of
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Bonn, 14 November 2014

Over the last 15 years, Latin American economies have grown increasingly dependent on natural resources and commodity exports. Many governments combine this with sound macro-economic management and smart social policies, leading to positive results with regard to fighting poverty and promoting social development. However, the economic and social risks of the resource-based development path are high and the negative environmental impacts of resource extraction, agriculture and deforestation threaten to jeopardise the opportunities of future generations.

For many decades, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has accompanied the governments of the region and beyond with timely information and sound policy advice. The Commission is a strategic partner of German development cooperation with Latin America. Under its current Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC has increasingly addressed the challenges of social, economic and ecological sustainability in the context of development and public service provision.

The workshop will discuss the social, economic and environmental challenges facing Latin American countries as a consequence of their resource-based development. Further, it will explore policy options open to the governments of the region to seize the opportunities of the current commodity supercycle while avoiding the pitfalls of the “natural resource curse”.

Agenda

12.00-13.00 Welcome Lunch

13.00-15.00 Opening

Input presentations by ECLAC and DIE

Panel discussion with

  • Alicia Bárcena (Executive Secretary of ECLAC)
  • Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn (Director for Latin America, BMZ)
  • Imme Scholz (Vice-Director of DIE)
  • Pedro Morazán (Südwind)

Open discussion

15.00 End of the workshop

For registration please contact Ms. Gisela KuhlmannThe German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) would like to invite you to the

Workshop: Beyond Resource-based Development in Latin America

Hosted by
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

With the participation of
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Bonn, 14 November 2014

Over the last 15 years, Latin American economies have grown increasingly dependent on natural resources and commodity exports. Many governments combine this with sound macro-economic management and smart social policies, leading to positive results with regard to fighting poverty and promoting social development. However, the economic and social risks of the resource-based development path are high and the negative environmental impacts of resource extraction, agriculture and deforestation threaten to jeopardise the opportunities of future generations.

For many decades, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has accompanied the governments of the region and beyond with timely information and sound policy advice. The Commission is a strategic partner of German development cooperation with Latin America. Under its current Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC has increasingly addressed the challenges of social, economic and ecological sustainability in the context of development and public service provision.

The workshop will discuss the social, economic and environmental challenges facing Latin American countries as a consequence of their resource-based development. Further, it will explore policy options open to the governments of the region to seize the opportunities of the current commodity supercycle while avoiding the pitfalls of the “natural resource curse”.

Agenda

12.00-13.00 Welcome Lunch

13.00-15.00 Opening

Input presentations by ECLAC and DIE

Panel discussion with

  • Alicia Bárcena (Executive Secretary of ECLAC)
  • Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn (Director for Latin America, BMZ)
  • Imme Scholz (Vice-Director of DIE)
  • Pedro Morazán (Südwind)

Open discussion

15.00 End of the workshop

For registration please contact Ms. Gisela Kuhlmann