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Lecture: Consolidating growth and development through economic integration in Central America
31 May 2016, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Event Information
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UCL Institute of the Americas
Location
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UCL Institute of the Americas, 51 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PN
Javier A Gutierrez (Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration - SIECA) will discuss the challenges and opportunities for Central America's social and economic development. His talk will focus on several initiatives pursued by the region to facilitate trade, integrate into the global economy, and constitute a customs union between the countries of Central America. He will also address the challenges of mitigating the effects of climate change, channeling foreign aid and cooperation funds to where it is most needed, and closing the infrastructure gap in the region.
Javier A Gutierrez is Executive Director at the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), has extensive experience in public administration and negotiation of trade agreements. He is originally from El Salvador, where he was a preferential trade agreement negotiator for the Ministry of Economy. He has also worked in multilateral organisations such as the International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization (WTO) where he served in the information external relations division during the 9th Ministerial Conference in Bali.
He holds a BA in Economics from El Salvador's ESEN and a Masters Degree in International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute of Bern, Switzerland. At SIECA, he was counsellor to the Secretary General before his appointment as Executive Director in October 2015.
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