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ALIDE TURNS 40: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANKS
ALIDE President, Dr. Nicola Angelucci, in making the keynote address
during the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Latin American
Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) on January
24, 2008, noted that a group of 37 banks and development financing
and promotion institutions from 16 of the region’s countries had
attended a conference especially convened and held on that date in
1968 at the headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank in
Washington, D.C., where they signed ALIDE’s Articles of
Incorporation. Today, ALIDE has a membership numbering 78 banks
from 24 countries in the region and Europe and international and
regional multilateral financing organizations.
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Dr. Nicolla Angelluci, at that time President of ALIDE, delivering
the keynote presentation at the celebration of the Latin American
Association’s 40th birthday.
COOPERATION, STRATEGIES, RELATIONS WITH EUROPE AND FINANCING STUDIED
BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
SMEs
The
Conference of Government Officials Responsible for Latin American
and Caribbean SMEs was held within the framework of the preparations
for the Fifth Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin
America, the Caribbean and the European Union (V LAC-EU Summit,
Lima, May 2008) at ALIDE Headquarters on May 13 and 14. The purpose
of the Meeting was to examine the possibilities for cooperation
among Latin American, Caribbean and European countries on micro,
small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), with a view toward tapping
these enterprises’ potential as an effective mechanism in the fight
against poverty and for equality and social inclusion. With this
same prospect in mind, possibilities were also sought for the
discussion of relevant issues and public policy with regard to MSMEs
and for making proposals, suggestions and recommendations that could
constitute a concrete contribution toward the strategy for MSME
development and toward deepening and improving birgional
relations.
The
Meeting was organized jointly by ALIDE, the Ministry of Labor and
Employment Promotion of Peru, the Ibero-American General Secretariat
(SEGIB), Europe – Latin America
Relations Observatory (EULARO) and the Latin American and
Caribbean Economic System (SELA) through the SELA-IBERPYME Program.
Distinguished experts from the public and private sectors, Latin
American and European development banks, international and
cooperation organizations (CAF, CAN, CARICOM, AILA, ALADI, COSUDE,
FUNDES, and REGAR, etc), and civil society participated in the
event. (More)
Photo: At the Opening Session of the Meeting, Ramón Torrent, General
Coordinator, EULARO; Rommel Acevedo, ALIDE Secretary General; Mario
Pasco Cosmópolis, Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion of
Peru; Federico Poli, Deputy Director of the Economic Affairs
Division, SEGIB; and Flora Caricote Lovera, Permanent Secretary of
SELA.
Lecture by Cesar Rodriguez Battle
"El Nuevo Acuerdo de Capital (Basilea II) y sus Alcances en la Regulación para la Banca de Desarrollo.
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full text
Statement by Omar Kabbaj, President of the ADB Group at
the Opening Session of the Annual Meetings of the African
Development Bank Group (25 May 2004, Kampala, Uganda).
See statement text
"Should state-owned financial institutions be privatized or reformed?
". What does the future hold for state-owned financial
institutions? Some urge privatization; others suggest that the wiser,
more realistic course is improving their management and
supervision.Neither side won the day at the 6th Annual Financial
Markets and Development Conference in Washington,D.C., April 26–27,
but both sides used the event—jointly sponsored by the IMF, the
World Bank, and the Brookings Institution—to wrestle with the
substantial challenges associated with state-owned financial
institutions, review recent research and country experiences, and
weigh future options.
See
FMI Bulletin, page 155, Volume 33, Number 10, May 31, 2004, to
read an survey of the conference.
SPEECH
BY ENRIQUE
IGLESIAS
AT THE IDB ASAMBLY (see
text of the speech)
SPEECH
BY EDUARDO ANINAT “THE
CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION IN THE TRADE & FINANCIAL AREAS:
A PERSPECTIVE FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES”
“The
Challenges of Globalisation in the Trade & Financial Areas: A
Perspective from Developing Countries”, by Dr. Eduardo Aninat,
Former Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund &
Former Finance Minister of Chile, with ocation of EXIM BANK
of India Commencement Day Annual Lecture. (see
text of the speech)
SPEECH
BY ADB VICE-PRESIDENT OGUNJOBI PLEADS FOR ENHACED ROLE FOR AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
The
African Development Bank (ADB) Vice-Presidente, Chief Bisi Ogunjobi
said “that african development finance institutions have a vital
role to play in helíng countries meet the challenges of development
in the era og globalisation”. Also said “that in the years to
come, the partnership between AADFI and ADB will go from strength to
strength as we address the common task of serving our regional member
countries and help to transform the economies, flight poverty, and
confidently match forward in the Twenty-first Century. These from his
point of view are the challenges facing the development finance
institutions and the ADB in enhancing their relevance and effctiveness
and the service of the continent. (see
text of the speech)
SPEECH
BY DR. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, PRESIDENT OF THE IDB, AT ALIDE HEADQUARTERS
On January 20, 2003, during the celebration of
ALIDE’s thirty-fifth anniversary, Dr. Enrique Iglesias,
President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), gave
a keynote speech on the region’s situation and prospects and the new role of
the development banking system.
Dr.
Iglesias pointed out in his presentation that the region is
most concerned over: attaining
more growth; safeguarding the macroeconomic achievements of
the 90s; competitiveness; social efficiency; institutional
improvement; the external opening; the integration process;
and the establishment of strategic alliances in the State-market
relationship. (see text of the speech in Spanish)
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