New conference: “Demographics, Development, and Retirement Policy in an Aging Latin America.”

The CSIS Global Aging Initiative will hold a conference on March 24 titled "Demographics, Development, and Retirement Policy in an Aging Latin America."  Details follow below:

8:00 REGISTRATION

9:00 CONFERENCE WELCOME

9:15 OPENING PRESENTATIONS

Richard Jackson, Director, Global Aging Initiative, CSIS

"Prospering While Aging: Meeting the Challenge of Retirement Security in Latin America"

Peter DeShazo, Director, Americas Program, CSIS

"Beyond the Demographic Transformation: The Economic and Political Currents Reshaping Latin America's Future"

10:15 CONTACT BREAK

10:30 PANEL 1: LATIN AMERICA'S PENSION REVOLUTION AT A CROSSROADS

Moderator

Richard Hinz, Adviser and Head of the Pension Team, Social Protection and Labor Department, World Bank

Speakers

Estelle James, International Consultant on Pension Reform

"A Report Card: 25 Years of Personal Accounts in Latin America"

Segundo Tascon, Regional Practice Leader, Retirement Consulting, Latin America, Watson Wyatt

"The Economic Crisis and the Future of Latin America's Funded Pension Systems"

Tapen Sinha, Founder & Director, International Center for Pension Research, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM)

"Personal Accounts in Mexico: Is Reform Living Up to Its Promise?"

Mario Marcel, Manager, Institutional Capacity and Financial Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

"Chile's 2008 'Reform of the Reform': A Model for Other Countries?"

12:30 LUNCHEON

[Speaker to be determined]

14:00 PANEL 2: BROADER POLICY CHALLENGES FOR AN

AGING LATIN AMERICA

Moderator

Sidney Weintraub, Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS Speakers

Rafael Rofman, Lead Social Protection Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank

"Labor Markets, Inequality, and the Problem of Low Pension Coverage in Latin America"

Paulo Saad, Population Affairs Officer, UN Economic Commission

for Latin America and the Carribean (ECLAC)

"Caring for the Vulnerable Elderly: Poverty, Health, and the Changing Role of the Family"

Jorge Roldós, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division, IMF Institute

"Pensions, Capital Markets, and the Role of Retirement Policy in Economic Development"

Joaquín Vial, Chief Economist for South America and Chile, Research Department, BBVA

"Laying the Foundations for a More Competitive Latin America"

16:00 CLOSING REMARKS

Richard Jackson, Director, Global Aging Initiative, CSIS

Peter DeShazo, Director, Americas Program, CSIS

Please R.S.V.P. to Keisuke Nakashima at gai@csis.org or 202-457-8718.