New challenges for global economic integration

Conference——9th Annual Conference organised by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru and Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, Cusco, 24-25 July

29 July 2017

The benefits of global economic integration are seen increasingly sceptically or so it appears. The conference with the participation of leading policy makers from Latin America and other countries, representatives from international organisations, academia and the private sector debated the future of globalisation. While there was recognition that globalisation may produce some adverse distributive outcomes, in Latin America support for openness seemed overwhelming. Herein is a summing-up of the discussions at the conference.

The discussions centred around the following themes: