DIC 2005 | Rio de Janeiro

Agenda 

Wednesday, November 16, 2005


Keynote Address

The Honorable Walfrido dos Mares Guia
Minister of Tourism
Republic of Brazil

Thursday, November 17, 2005


Keynote Address
The Honorable Tito Ryff
Secretary of State
City of Rio de Janeiro

State of the Harris School
 Address
Susan E. Mayer
Dean and Professor
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Panel: Social and Economic Challenges to Brazil
This panel addressed the history and current social and economic issues confronting Brazil. Factors influencing Brazil's economic strength, the 2006 presidential election, and social or cultural issues that are part of the national debate were discussed.

  • Alexandre Addor-Neto, Ambassador, Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia
  • Claudio Haddad, President, Ibmec Business School, São Paulo
  • Roberto Macedo, Professor, Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP)

Panel: Challenges and benefits of DR-CAFTA - Incorporating lessons from the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
Focusing on the recent ratification of DR-CAFTA, this panel discussed what the policy makers implementing DR-CAFTA could learn from the challenges, and even mistakes, of MERCOSUR, to make this trade policy a success.

  • James Harpel, President, Harpel Advisory Co., Inc. (moderator)
  • Antonio Cabrales, President, Fundacion Salvadorena para el Desarrollo Economico y Social (FUSADES)
  • Paulo Nogueira Batista Junior, Professor, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-EAESP)

Keynote Address:

"Globalization, Inequality, and Market Reform"

James J. Heckman
Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
University of Chicago
Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 2000

Friday, November 18, 2005

Panel: The Poverty of Rich and Poor Nations
This panel focused on the challenges related to poverty alleviation in both rich and poor nations, including measuring poverty, strategies to reduce poverty, and the social problems that accompany poverty that might impinge on economic growth.

  • Ricardo Paes de Barros, Professor, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada
  • Maria Carolina da Silva Leme, Associate Professor, Escola de Economia e Escola de Administração da Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo (EESP/EAESP-FGV)
  • Susan E. Mayer, Dean and Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
  • João Carlos de Souza Meirelles, Secretary of Science, Technology, and Economic Development, State of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Joseph Ramos, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Chile

Keynote Address
Mr. João Carlos de Souza Meirelles
Secretary of Science, Technology, and Economic Development
<span style="font-size:12 px;>Secretary of Science, Technology, and Economic Development</span><br /><span style=" font-size:="" 12="" px;"="">State of São Paulo

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