"LAC meets the market" is a conference series initiated by the LAC Chief Economist Office in 2000. The conference aims to gather policy makers, market participants and official institutions to discuss in an informal manner topical issues of mutual interest. Past events have looked at regional economic prospects, determinants of financial crisis as well as issues related to capital flows and the financial architecture.
 | POSTPONED - Fifteenth LAC Meets the Market: "The Road to Investment Grade" Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   | April 13, 2007 | Fourteenth LAC Meets the Market: "LAC Bonanza: Have We Been Here Before?"  | | November 14, 2006 | Thirteenth LAC Meets the Market: "Catastrophe Risk Insurance in Latin America and the Caribbean"  | | April 21, 2006 | Twelfth LAC Meets the Market: "What LAC Needs from the Market: New Financial Instruments"  | | October 26, 2005 | Eleventh LAC Meets the Market: "Prospects for Latin American Emerging Markets" Agenda  |
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April 11, 2003 | | | September 26-27, 2002 | | | April 15, 2002 | Fourth LAC Meets the Market: "Sovereign Debt Workouts: Where are we Headed?" ·What have we learnt from the recent experiences in Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador and Argentina ·A new financial architecture: sovereign debt restructuring mechanisms ·Immediate issues going forward: procedures, creditor committees coping with holdouts, coordination with Paris Club, role of IFIs Agenda Presentations. | | November 26, 2001 | Third LAC Meets the Market Encounter ·The recent Argentinian and Turkey programs: what went wrong, what went right? ·LAC spreads: determinants and implications ·FDI flows: still holding the banner? AgendaPresentations. | | April 27, 2001 | Second LAC Meets the Market Encounter ·U.S. slowdown, Fed easing of monetary policy and capital flows to Latin America: time for joy or time for tears? ·Policy responses: how easy to apply counter-cyclical macro and financial policies? ·Private sector involvement: from Ecuador to Argentina and Turkey: back to the future?AgendaPresentations. | November 27, 2000
| First LAC Meets the Market Encounter: "Will Emerging Markets be the Same after Russia and Ecuador?" ·What is and will be different after Russia and Ecuador? ·What will be the likely effect of IMF bailing in policies in bond markets? ·Equity investment: which forms, which investors? .Foreign banking in Latin America: what are the prospects for the banking activity in the region? Agenda |
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