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International Conference
Challenges and strategies for promoting economic growth
Monday, October 19, 2009
| 09:00–09:10 |
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 Welcoming remarks*
Guillermo Ortiz
Governor, Banco de México |
| 09:10–10:00 |
 Policies to promote growth and economic efficiency in Mexico (remarks)
James J. Heckman
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2000; University of Chicago |
| 10:00–11:00 |
Economic growth: theory and evidence |
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 Chairperson
Enrique V. Iglesias
Ibero-American Secretary General, SEGIB |
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 A framework for understanding economic growth (remarks)
David Nathan Weil
Brown University |
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 Finance and economic growth
John Lipsky
First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
| 11:20–12:50 |
Institutional arrangements and economic growth |
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 Chairperson
Thomas M. Hoenig
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
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 Institutional arrangements and economic growth
Christian Noyer
Governor, Banque de France |
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 Institutions and economic development
Arvind Subramanian
Peterson Institute for International Economics |
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 Institutional framework and economic growth
Martín Redrado
Governor, Banco Central de la República Argentina |
| 12:50–13:50 |
Human capital, demographic challenges and economic growth |
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 Chairperson
Juilio Velarde Flores
Governor, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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 The importance of institutions in the quality of the education in Mexico*
Arturo Fernández
Rector, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
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 Human capital in the post crisis economy
Pier Carlo Padoan
Deputy Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 15:30–16:30 |
Competition, productivity and economic growth |
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Donald L. Kohn
Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
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 Competition and economic growth
Augusto de la Torre
Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank |
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 Competition and economic performance
Eduardo Pérez Motta
President, Federal Competition Commission - Mexico |
| 16:30–17:30 |
Price stability, financial development and economic growth |
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 Chairperson*
Manuel Sánchez
Deputy Governor, Banco de México |
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 Real consequences of financial crises (remarks)
Stephen Cecchetti
Head of Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements |
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 Growth, stability and monetary policy*
Miguel Fernández Ordóñez
Governor, Banco de España |
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
| 09:30–10:00 |
 Economic development and structural change
Justin Yifu Lin
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank |
| 10:00–11:00 |
Competitive provision of inputs: the role of networks |
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 Chairperson
Guillermo Güémez
Deputy Governor, Banco de México |
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 Public networks and economic growth (remarks)
R. Preston McAfee
Yahoo Research |
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 Competitive telecom sector, a critical input for development
Rafael del Villar Alrich
Commissioner, Federal Telecommunications Commission - Mexico |
| 11:20–12:20 |
Labor markets and social security policies |
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José Sidaoui
Deputy Governor, Banco de México |
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 Modernizing financial, tax, healthcare, and retirement systems so workers can productively work and save
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Boston University |
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 Social policy, informality and economic growth in Mexico - good intentions, bad results*
Santiago Levy Algazi
Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank |
| 12:20–13:50 |
Challenges for promoting economic growth |
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 Chairperson*
Manuel Ramos Francia
Director General of Economic Research, Banco de México |
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 Technologies and rules drive progress
Paul Romer
Stanford University |
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 Finance, growth, and opportunity: policy challenges (remarks)
Ross Levine
Brown University |
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Challenges for Latin America's growth in the context of the international crisis*
Guillermo Ortiz
Governor, Banco de México |
| 13:50–14:00 |
Closing remarks*
Guillermo Ortiz
Governor, Banco de México |
* Available only in Spanish
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