Conference: Towards Inclusive Development in Latin America and Chile: A meeting on EU/global governance and development issues

Former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos, Alicia Barcena of the Economic Commission for Latin America […]

30/08/2011

Former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos, Alicia Barcena of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), iPD’s José Antonio Ocampo and Stephany Griffith-Jones of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue and Ernst Stetter of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) co-hosted a conference entitled Towards Inclusive Development in Latin America and Chile. The conference brought together experts and leaders from academic and policy sectors (both international and Chilean) to discuss the challenges of designing a strategy for inclusive and sustainable development in Latin America and Chile.

The conference took place in Santiago, Chile on August 29-30.

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