This two-day conference in Brazil concludes a three-year research initiative by Columbia University’s Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG), in conjunction with the Columbia Global Centers in Paris, Beijing, and Rio de Janeiro. The project was developed in response to the global financial crisis of the previous decade and the challenges that Europe, East Asia, and Latin America have faced, both individually and collectively, in its aftermath. The conference will consider strategies for economic growth in the regional context, as well as identify challenges and solutions specific to Brazil.
View the full conference report and relevant policy briefs here.
Public Sessions: December 12 (Rio de Janeiro) & December 13 (São Paulo)
Rio de Janeiro
Date: Monday, December 12, 2016
Time: 2:00 - 6:30 pm
Place: Auditorium of FGV Rio. Praia de Botafogo, 190 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
2:00PM - REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
2:30PM - WELCOMING REMARKS
Merit Janow, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
Thomas Trebat, Director, Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro
Flavio Vasconcelos, Dean of EBAPE/FGV
2:45PM - Keynote Remarks: Maria Silvia Bastos Marques, President, BNDES
“The Role of the State in Unlocking Private Sector Investment - The Debate in Brazil”
The remarks are likely to revolve around Brazil's policies on concessions and privatizations and the new role of the BNDES in improving infrastructure in Brazil.
3:15PM - Comments and Reactions
Alvaro Cyrino, Vice Dean, FGV-EBAPE (moderator)
Debora Revoltella, Director of the Economics Department at the European Investment Bank
Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Professor of Economics, UFRJ
José Alexandre Scheinkman, Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Maria da Graça Fonseca, Professor of Economics, UFRJ
4:30PM - COFFEE BREAK
4:45PM - Comments and Reactions on a new Development Model for Brazil
Jan Svejnar, Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia SIPA (moderator)
Edmund Amann, Professor of Brazilian Studies, University of Leiden
Jan Svejnar, Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia SIPA Cristiane Alkmin Schmidt, Special Advisor, CADE
Joísa Dutra, Professor of Economics, FGV-EBAPE
Thomas Trebat, Director, Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro
6:00PM - Closing Remarks and Next Steps
São Paulo
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Time: 2:00 - 6:30 pm
Place: FECOMÉRCIO-SP. R. Dr. Plínio Barreto, 285 - Bela Vista, São Paulo
2:00PM - REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
2:30PM - WELCOMING REMARKS
Merit Janow, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
Thomas Trebat, Director Columbia Global Centers Rio de Janeiro
Abram Szajman, President, Fecomercio-SP
2:45PM - Keynote Speaker: Ilan Goldfajn, President, Central Bank of Brazil
“Overcoming the Crisis in Brazil: The Role of Monetary Policy”
3:15PM - Overcoming the Crisis in Brazil
José Alexandre Scheinkman, Professor of Economics, Columbia University (moderator)
Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director, World Bank
Marcio Holland, Professor of Economics, FGV-EESP
Debora Revoltella, Director of the Economics Department, European Investment Bank
4:30PM - COFFEE BREAK
4:45PM – Panel: Brazil’s Future in a Comparative Perspective
Marcos Troyjo, Co-Director, BRICLab, Columbia University (moderator)
Albert Fishlow, Professor Emeritus of Brazilian Studies, Columbia University
Jan Svejnar, Director Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia SIPA
Shang-Jin Wei, N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia SIPA
Ana Carla Abrão, Secretary of Finance, State of Goias
6:00PM - Closing Remarks and Next Steps
View the full conference report and relevant policy briefs here.
