What way forward for the IDB?

Global Americans and the Canadian Council for the Americas presents a panel on the future of the IDB and its leadership.

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Global Americans and the Canadian Council for the Americas presents a panel on the future of the Inter-American Development Bank and its leadership.

Speakers include:

Nancy Birdsall, Senior Fellow & President Emeritus, Center for Global Development

José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University; Chair, United Nations Committee for Development Policy; Former UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs; Former Minister of Finance, Colombia

Guillermo Rishchynski, Former Executive Director for Canada at the IDB; Former Ambassador to UN, Brazil, Colombia & Mexico for Canada

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