Development of the Rural Economy and Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

9:00

Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Torben Brylle, Under Secretary, Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jill Long Thompson, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Moderator: Waldemar W. Wirsig, Manager, IDB

9:30

Moderator 1: Federico A. Zayas, Minister of Finance, Paraguay (TBC)

The Bank?s mandate and the need for a new rural agenda, Waldemar W. Wirsig, IDB

Rural poverty in Latin America, causes and options, Alain de Janvry, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Univ. of California, USA

Key elements for agriculture development, Martín Piñeiro, Director, Grupo CEO, Argentina

Comments: Oswaldo Antezana, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bolivia

Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes, Minister of Agriculture, Brazil and President, Mandate of the

Inter-American Board of Agriculture (JIA) - Suggestions from the JIA for the Agenda on Rural Economy Development

10:30

Break

10:45

Moderator 1: Federico A. Zayas, Minister of Finance, Paraguay (TBC)

Carlos Mladinic, Secretary to the Presidency, Chile

Romárico Daniel Arroyo Marroquín, Secretary of State, SAGAR, Mexico

Miguel Angel Ramiro Vargas, President, Exotic Products, Mexico

Rebeca Grynspan, Former Vice President of Costa Rica

Claudio Barriga, Chairman, Private Development Corp., Chile and Seminis, California

Eberhard Friedrich, Representative, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Honduras

11:30

General Discussion

12:15

Lunch Break

2:00

Jorge Quiroz, Partner, Gerens Ltd., Chile

Roberto Martínez Nogueira, Director, Grupo CEO, Argentina

Comments: Mario de Franco, Advisor to the Presidency, Nicaragua

Moderator 2: Brian Kuie Tung, Minister of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago

Roger Clarke, Minister of Agriculture, Jamaica

Roberto Junguito, Alternate Executive Director for Colombia, International Monetary Fund

Fanny de Estrada, Executive Secretary, Agexpront, Guatemala

Gordon Rausser, Dean, College of Natural Resources, University of California, USA

William Richardson, Chancellor, Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, USA

Enrique Murgueitio, Executive Director, CIPAV, Colombia

3:00

General Discussion

3:30

Break

3:45

Julio Berdegué, President, RIMISP, Chile

Comments: Santiago Levy, Under Secretary of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Mexico

Moderator 3: Gabriela Nuñez de Reyes, Minister of Finance, Honduras (TBC)

Nestor Antonio Ojeda Leon, Youth representative from Civil Society, Paraguay

James Riordan, Chief of Party, Chemonics International, Peru

Clotilde Fonseca, Executive Director, Omar Dengo Foundation, Costa Rica

Almetra Franklin, Executive Director, St. Mary Parish Community Action Agency, Louisiana, USA

Alberto Valdes, Rural Consultant, World Bank, Chile

4:30

General Discussion

4:45

Conclusions

Roberto Vázquez Platero, Director and Partner, HLV-Financial Consultants, Uruguay

5:15

Waldemar Wirsig, Manager, IDB;

Gustavo Gordillo, Sub Director, FAO;

Fawzi H. Al-Sutan, President, IFAD;

Jose Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary, ECLAC;

Gunter Dresrusse, Department Manager, GTZ;

Carlos Aquino, General Manager, IICA

Closing remarks

Enrique Iglesias, President, IDB