DEVELOPMENT, FDI & INVESTMENT TREATIES IN LATIN AMERICA Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:00am - 6:00pm Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center Inter-American Development Bank 1330 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington DC
PROGRAM 9:00am-9:25am (25 minutes) Opening Event Welcoming remarks by Nathalie Cely, Ambassador of Ecuador (5 minutes) “The Challenges of Attracting Foreign Direct Investment for Latin America´s Sustainable and Diversified Economy: Lessons Learned from Ecuador,” Nathalie Cely, Ambassador of Ecuador (20 minutes)
9:25am-11:20am (115 minutes) Session I: Globalization, Development, and FDI Moderator: Rogerio Studart, Alternate Executive Director, The World Bank (10 minutes) 09:35-10:00 Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, ‘An overview on the evolution of the global economy and economic development’ (25 minutes) 10:05-10:30 Richard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD, ‘FDI and economic development in historical perspective’ (25 minutes) 10:35-11:00 Timothy Sturgeon, MIT, ‘"Global Value Chains, Investment, and Compressed Development." (25 minutes) 11:00-11:20 Discussion (20 minutes) COFFEE BREAK 11:20am-11:35am 11:35am-13:30pm (115 minutes) Session II: Investment Treaties Moderator: Mark Bravin, Winston & Strawn LLP, Georgetown University (10 minutes) 11:45-12:10 Kevin Gallagher (Boston University), ‘The political economy of investment treaties’ (25 minutes) 1