In the morning, the IDB will unveil an in-depth study on productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean and its impact on the region’s growth.  Soon after the announcement, the IDB will coordinate a seminar that will discuss the challenges and opportunities to address development issues through a global agreement to tackle climate change. In the afternoon, there will be a seminar to discuss the economic recovery after the global financial crisis.

Internet users can access Live web streaming of the seminars and participate in the events through EXPRESATE.

9: 00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

IDB unveils study about productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago Levy, IDB’s vice-president of sectors and knowledge, and Carmen Pages, chief of the Bank´s labor markets unit, to speak at press conference ate

Cancún Convention Center
Costa Maya Room (CP-2)

10:00 .m. – 1:00 p.m.

Seminar on climate change: The route to Mexico: Challenges and opportunities for a global agreement

This seminar will discuss how a global agreement to tackle climate change can also help address development challenges and reduce poverty. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and Rajendra Kumar Pachauri; chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); are among the panelists of this seminar.

Convention Center Cancun
Gran Cancun Room
Third floor

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 

Launching of the Microfinance Growth Fund with IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno, CAF President Enrique Garcia, OPIC Vice President James Polan, and Banamex directors Carlos Vazquez Kuri and Pedro Cedillo Lammoglia.  

Convention Center Cancun
S-12 Room
Second floor


3:00 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Seminar: Boom, Bubble or Bust? Policy Choices for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Wake of the Global Financial Storm

This seminar will discuss the policy challenges stemming from the economic recovery after the global financial crisis. Participants will discuss whether the recent recovery will be sustainable and what this will mean for policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Convention Center Cancun
Gran Cancun Room
Third floor

4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

100th Meeting of the Committee of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (reserved meeting)

Convention Center Cancun
Cozumel Room
Second floor

6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno participates in drama awards event