Breaking Latin America's Growth Ceiling

About this episode

The episode discusses the stagnation of growth in Latin America and explores potential economic policy shifts to achieve meaningful growth.

Growth in Latin America has stagnated at around 2% as the region strives to develop a more diversified economy and boost investment and productivity. Geoeconomic tensions are spreading and major powers are vying for influence over Latin America. With economic policy shifts in the region under way, how can it really deliver meaningful growth? Speakers : Esther Dweck, Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services of Brazil James Scriven, Chief Executive Officer, IDB Invest Julio Velarde, Governor, Central Bank of Peru Altagracia Gomez Sierra, Coordinator, Regional Economic Development and Relocation Advisory Council, Office of the Presidency of Mexico Juan Carlos Mora, Chief Executive Officer, Bancolombia Gillian R. Tett, Provost, King's College, University of Cambridge This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/breaking-latin-america-s-growth-ceiling/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts : YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe…

People in this episode

Guests: Esther Dweck, James Scriven, Julio Velarde, Altagracia Gomez Sierra, Juan Carlos Mora, Gillian R. Tett

Topics covered

• Latin America
• economic growth
• investment
• geoeconomic tensions
• economic policy

Keywords

• Latin America
• economic growth
• investment
• geoeconomic tensions
• productivity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services of Brazil, IDB Invest, Central Bank of Peru, Regional Economic Development and Relocation Advisory Council, Office of the Presidency of Mexico, Bancolombia, King's College, University of Cambridge

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