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Governance In An Emerging New World: Latin America

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Channel: Hoover Institution · 2018 · News & Politics

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Recorded on December 3, 2018

The Hoover Institution hosts panel discussion "Latin America in an Emerging World" on Monday, December 3, 2018 from 3:30pm - 5:00pm PST live from Stanford, the fourth of a new series led by former secretary of state George P. Shultz, whose intention is to learn from our changing world, to map our governance options in response, and to help structure a variety of efforts going forward.

Background:
Foreign policy starts in the neighborhood. Mexico, Central America, and South America are at the tail-end of decades of rapid workforce growth, a period during which migration was central to their relationships with the United States. The panel will address how a tighter labor supply, alongside new means of production, will affect the economic development of our southern neighbors. It will also consider whether the public transparency offered by new forms of communications can improve governance, and with it, growth. What can domestic governments across the region—and the United States—do to help take advantage of these emerging transformational opportunities while avoiding potential pitfalls?

Moderator:
Pedro Aspe, Former Secretary of Finance of Mexico

Panelists:
-Richard Aitkenhead, former minister of economics and minister of public finance of Guatemala
-Claudia Masferrer León, assistant professor and coordinator of the Seminar on Migration, Inequality and Public Policy at El Colegio de México
-Ernesto Silva, distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and former president of the Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) party in Chile
-Ben Sywulka, founder of Hapi.vc and former director of the Private Competitiveness Council of Guatemala

About the project:
New and rapid societal and technological changes are complicating governance around the globe and challenging traditional thinking. Demographic changes and migration are having a profound effect as some populations age and shrink while other countries expand. The information and communications revolution is making governance much more difficult and heightening the impact of diversity. Emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence and automation, are bringing about a new industrial revolution, disrupting workforces and increasing military capabilities of both states and non-state actors. And new means of production such as additive manufacturing and automation are changing how, where, and what we produce. These changes are coming quickly, faster than governments have historically been able to respond.

Led by Hoover Distinguished Fellow George P Shultz, his Project on Governance in an Emerging New World aims to understand these changes and inform strategies that both address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities afforded by these dramatic shifts.

The project will feature a series of papers and events addressing how these changes are affecting democratic processes, the economy, and national security of the United States, and how they are affecting countries and regions, including Russia, China, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. A set of essays by the participants will accompany each event and provide thoughtful analysis of the challenges and opportunities. https://hvr.co/2O5AoDK

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