Latin America’s Infrastructure: Roads to the Future
Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC

Promotion of infrastructure investment is a key prerequisite for sustainable development as these services directly affect household’s quality of life and the productivity and trade opportunities of firms and industries. On July 21, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) will host a discussion of CAF’s recent report titled “Roads to the Future: Management of Infrastructure in Latin America.”

Leading experts on Latin America will examine infrastructure investment in this region. Mauricio Cárdenas, senior fellow and director of the Latin America Initiative, will provide opening remarks. Pablo Sanguinetti, research director in the Public Policies and Competitiveness office at CAF, will present a general overview of the report’s findings. This will be followed by two panel discussions dealing with impact of infrastructure on the productive sector and the role of institutions for sustaining infrastructure development. After each panel, participants will take audience questions.

Opening Remarks
Mauricio Cárdenas
Senior Fellow and Director
Latin America Initiative
The Brookings Institution

Pablo Sanguinetti
Research Director, Public Policies and Competitiveness Office
Andean Development Corporation
Panel 1: The Impact of Infrastructure on the Productive Sector
Presentation: José Gregorio Pineda
Deputy Research Director
Andean Development Corporation

Juan Blyde
Trade Economist, Trade and Integration Sector
Inter-American Development Bank
Mauricio Cárdenas
Senior Fellow and Director
Latin America Initiative
The Brookings Institution

Richard Frank
Chief Executive Officer
Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd
Panel 2: Institutions for Sustaining Infrastructure Development
Presentation: Pablo Sanguinetti
Research Director, Public Policies and Competitiveness Office
Andean Development Corporation (CAF)

José Luis Guash
Senior Regional Advisor
Latin America and Caribbean Region
The World Bank
Claudio Loser
Senior Fellow
Inter-American Dialogue

Carolina Rentería
Executive Director for Brazil, Colombia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama,
Philippines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago
The World Bank

To RSVP for this event, please call the Office of Communications at 202.797.6105 or click here.

Dear Colleague:

The Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Center for Global Development invite you to a seminar on:

Poverty, Inequality, and the “New Left” in Latin America

July 21, 2009
9:00 – 10:30 AM

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
6th floor board room

Nora Lustig, Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University and Nonresident Fellow, Center for Global Development

Santiago Levy, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank

Carolina Sánchez-Páramo, Senior Economist, Poverty and Reduction Group, The World Bank

We hope you will be able to join us for this important discussion. Please RSVP, acceptances only, to Nikki Nichols (
nikki.nichols@wilsoncenter.org).

Sincerely,

Cynthia J. Arnson
Director, Latin American Program
Woodrow Wilson Center

Dear All:

The Open Society Institute invites you to join Open Society Fellow Juanita Leon for a lunch discussion on her efforts to launch Colombia’s first website devoted to investigative journalism.

The site, La Silla Vacía , debuted in March and has already become essential reading for politicians, journalists, activists and others interested in the current political situation in Colombia. Her correspondents have broken several major corruption stories and interviewed many leading public officials and presidential candidates.
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to aolagunju@osi-dc.org by Friday, July 17.

Event Date: Tuesday, July 21
Time: 12:30-2pm
Where: Open Society Institute
1120 19th St, NW (8th floor)
Washington DC 20036

Best,

David

JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman

and

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA

Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman

and

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRORISM, NONPROLIFERATION AND TRADE

Brad Sherman (D-CA), Chairman

July 14, 2009

TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

You are respectfully requested to attend the following OPEN joint hearing of the Subcommittees on the Western Hemisphere, Middle East and South Asia, and Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building:

DATE:

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

SUBJECT:

Iran in the Western Hemisphere

WITNESSES:

Mr. Eric Farnsworth

Vice President

Council of the Americas

Ms. Dina Siegel Vann

Director, Latino and Latin American Institute

The American Jewish Committee

Mr. Douglas Farah

Senior Fellow, Financial Investigations and Transparency

International Assessment and Strategy Center

NOTE: Witnesses may be added.

By Direction of the Chairman

The Committee on Foreign Affairs seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are in need of special accommodations, please call 202/225-5021 at least four business days in advance of the event, whenever practicable. Questions with regard to special accommodations in general (including availability of Committee materials in alternative formats and assistive listening devices) may be directed to the Committee.