Latin America: More open books to boost equitable growth
An increasing number of people in Latin America are calling for greater transparency and accountability in the public sector as a means of achieving more equitable economic growth, especially in light of the strong deceleration of the region’s economy. At the same time, corruption remains a top concern in the region: More than 60% of people interviewed in 2015 felt that “nothing” or “a little” is being done to fight it, according to an opinion survey in the Latinobarometro.
It’s within this context that government representatives, Harvard academics, and other experts will meet in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 28 and 29 to discuss the most efficient measures to increase government transparency and respond to the public’s demands for more effective accountability in the public sector in Latin America.
What can be done? We invite you to join the conversation online and via social media using the hashtag #cuentasclaras.
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Speakers
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Alfonso Prat-Gay
Minister of Treasury and Public Finances, Argentina
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Luis Porto
Senior Advisor for Strategy and Organizational Development of the Organization of American States (OAS)
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Aroldo Cedraz
President of the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (TCU)
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Kevin Casas-Zamora
Senior Fellow and Director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue
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Mari Kiviniemi
Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD Secretariat
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Mitchell A. Seligson
Centennial Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University
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Pablo Ferreri
Vice Minister of Economy and Finance, Uruguay
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Eduardo Engel
Professor of Economics at the University of Chile
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Mercedes Barriocanal
Paraguayan journalist
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Michael Reid
Journalist
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Santiago Peña Palacios
Paraguayan Minister of Finance
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Danilo Astori
Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance
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Deborah Wetzel
Senior Director, Governance Global Practice, World Bank Group
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Jorge Familiar
Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank and Pension Finance Administrator, World Bank Group
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Luis Felipe López-Calva
Global Director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank Group
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