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THE RISE OF THE SOUTH AT A CROSSROADS: A VIEW FROM EAST ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA
Thursday 12/05/2016
Upcoming World Bank Conference to discuss recent research on economic integration, particularly from an emerging economy perspective
The World Bank invites media representatives to the conference “The Rise of the South at a Crossroads: A View from East Asia and Latin America” jointly organized by the Latin America and Caribbean Chief Economist Office and the Development Research Group, with the participation of the East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Office and the support of the Malaysia Country Office. The conference will seek to bring together policymakers and academics to consider the different vantage points of Latin America and East Asian countries as their importance in global markets keeps rising. The event will also be a forum to disseminate the latest World Bank Flagship Report for Latin America, Latin America and the Rising South: Changing World, Changing Priorities.
The details of the event as follows:
Day/Date : Monday 16 May 2016
Time : 8.30am - 5.35pm
Venue : The Forum at Sasana Kijang, No 2, Jalan Dato’ Onn, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
EVENT: One-day conference with policy discussion in the morning and academic discussion in the afternoon
FEATURING : Miguel Castilla, Ambassador of Peru to the United States, former Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
Fraziali bin Ismail, Director of the Economics Department, Bank Negara Malaysia
Robert B. Koopman, Chief Economist, World Trade Organization
Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Secretary-General, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia
Osvaldo Rosales, Former Director of International Trade and Integration, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Chief Trade Negotiator, Chile
Sudhir Shetty, Chief Economist for East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank
Please click here for Program
You are cordially invited to send your reporter and photographer/cameraman to cover the event.
SOURCE : The World Bank
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Ching Thut CHAN
Tel : +6012 915 5933
Email : cchan3@worldbank.org
Name : Marcela Sánchez-Bender
Tel : +1202 413 4836
Email : msanchezbender@worldbank.org
For more information on the World Bank’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean, and East Asia, please visit:
http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/lac and http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eap respectively
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