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V Workshop of the LAC Debt Group:Debt Sustainability and Debt Statistics

October 19-20, 2009
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Auditorio Enrique V. Iglesias, Sala CR-300

1330 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC, Estados Unidos de América
 
 
                

Monday, October 19

9:00 - 11:00 I. INTRODUCTION
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 10:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Discussants: Rodolfo Campos , President, LAC Debt Group Steering Committee BIO  
                    Daniel Zelikow , Executive Vice President (IDB) BIO  
10:15 - 11:00 The Global Financial Crisis: Recent Events and Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean
Discussant: Guillermo Calvo , Columbia University BIO   PPT
11:00 - 11:15 COFFEE BREAK
 
11:15 - 13:00 II. IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON DEBT SUSTAINABILITY (PART I)
11:15 - 13:00 Debt Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderator: Edgardo Demaestri , Sr. Financial Institutions Specialist (IDB) BIO  
Discussants: Eduardo Borensztein , REA Country Department Southern Cone BIO   PPT
                    Fidel Jaramillo , REA Country Department Andean Group BIO   PPT
                    Andrew Powell , REA Country Department Caribbean Group BIO   PPT
                    Ernesto Stein , REA Country Department Central America, Mexico, Panama and Dominican Republic BIO   PPT
13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH
 
14:30 - 15:15 III.SOVEREIGN DEBT STATISTICS
14:30 - 15:15 Sovereign Debt in the Region
Discussant: Guido Sandleris , Director Centro de Investigación en Finanzas, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina BIO  
15:15 - 16:00 Importance of Standardized Sovereign Debt Statistics
Discussants: Rodolfo Campos , Ministry of Finance, Mexico BIO  
                    Charles Enoch , Deputy Director, Statistics Department (IMF) BIO   PPT
                    Ibrahim Levent , Development Data Group (The World Bank) BIO   PPT
16:00 - 16:15 COFFEE BREAK
 
16:15 - 17:30 Roundtable Discussion with Debt Managers on Standardized Debt Statistics
Moderator: Kurt Focke , Chief, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, Inter-American Development Bank
 
 
 
                

Tuesday, October 20

9:30 - 11:15 IV. IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON DEBT SUSTAINABILITY (PART II)
9:30 - 10:5 Development of Domestic Currency Debt Markets under the Global Crisis
Discussants: Eduardo Fernandez-Arias , Principal Research Economist, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank BIO   PPT
                    Miguel Kiguel , Director, Econviews and Miguel Kiguel & Asociados BIO   PPT
10:30 - 11:15 Roundtable Discussion with Debt Managers on Development of Domestic Currency Debt Markets
Moderator: William Ortiz , Subdirector de Financiamiento Interno, Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Colombia BIO  
Moderator: Elizabeth Toledo , Director of the Middle Office, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru
11:15 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
 
11:30 - 12:15 Debt Sustainability: A Framework for Analysis
Discussant: Eduardo Cavallo , Research Economist (IDB) BIO   PPT
12:15 - 12:30 Presentation of the Book: "Public Debt: The Brazilian Experience"
Discussant: Otavio Ladeira de Medeiros , General Coordinator COGEP, Brazilian National Treasury BIO   PPT
12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH
 
14:00 - 15:00 Debt Markets perspectives for Emerging Economies
  Introduction: Edgardo Demaestri, Senior Financial Institutions Specialist (IDB)
Discussants: Alicia Garcia-Herrero , Chief Economist BBVA Hong Kong BIO   PPT
                    Paulo Vieira da Cuhna , Partner and Head of Emerging Markets Research, Tandem Global Partners BIO   PPT
15:00 - 15:45 Roundtable Discussion with Debt Managers on Emerging Markets
Moderator: Edward Bartholomew , Manager and Chief Financial Officer, Finance Department (IDB)
15:45 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
 
16:00 - 17:30 V. CONCLUDING SESSION
16:00 - 17:00 Final Roundtable Discussion: Debt Sustainability and Crisis - Experiences and Lessons Learned since the Onset
  Moderator: Dian Black, Director of Securities Management, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service of Jamaica. Country Experiences:
Discussants: Francis Fontenelle , Deputy Director of Finance, Debt and Investment Management, St. Lucia PPT
                    Jerson Posada , Head of Debt Strategic Management Department, Ministry of Finance, El Salvador
                    John Venner , Adviser, Research Department, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank BIO   PPT
17:00 - 17:30 Final Remarks and Wrap-Up
Discussants: Rodolfo Campos , President, LAC Debt Group Steering Committee BIO  
                    Kurt Focke , Chief, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, Inter-American Development Bank