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#SRE.- In the search for better development and integration alternatives for Latin America and the Caribbean, it is necessary to continue promoting spaces for dialogue between academia and the public and private sectors, agreed representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), during the closing of the international seminar “Rethinking the development of Latin America and the Caribbean from Mexico”, which took place at the Foreign Ministry’s headquarters.

During the three-day event, renowned academics, former officials, specialists and young researchers shared their points of view, theoretical and practical approaches, as well as concrete public policy proposals to advance an integral and innovative development model in our region.

On September 10, on the second day of the seminar, the executive president of CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, Sergio Díaz-Granados, presented a keynote address in which he emphasized the importance of accelerating economic growth in the region to overcome structural challenges. He highlighted CAF’s crucial role as the blue and green bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, committed to promoting sustainability and energy transition.

Díaz-Granados also stressed the need to invest in digital infrastructure to close the connectivity gap, improve post-pandemic education, and foster innovation to increase productivity and strengthen the middle class. He presented an optimistic vision where investment in research and development, along with a renewed commitment to sustainability, can catalyze an economic transformation that benefits all of Latin American society.

“To energize and transform our economy and structural challenges such as low investment in research and development, inequality and poverty, the first thing we need to do is to start accelerating growth,” said Díaz-Granados.

During the seminar, 10 young researchers, winners of the Young Scholars Initiative, presented their proposals and held a dialogue with experienced academics in the areas of public policy, macroeconomics, regional trade, industrial development, economic specialization, electromobility, informal economy, social mobility, productivity dynamics and environmental sustainability, among others.

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