Former President Gabriel Boric will participate this coming Monday, October 19, in the regional conference "Ending Poverty: Recalibrating Strategies, Renewing Commitments," to be held in Panama City.
The event is organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).
The conference will bring together political leaders, authorities, experts, and representatives of international institutions, who will take part in various sessions aimed at addressing poverty reduction strategies, improving the use of data, and connecting social policies with agendas of productivity, sustainability, and development.
The program of the event will begin with welcome remarks by Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Beatriz Carles de Arango, Minister of Social Development, both officials of the Republic of Panama.
The inaugural dialogue will feature remarks by Boric and by former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe.
The session will be moderated by Michelle Muschett, Under-Secretary-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNDP.
The forum also includes presentations on poverty reduction policies in the region; challenges and opportunities for sustainable poverty reduction in the global context; and the presentation of the book "Reducing Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America: di…
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PoliticsThe former president will be part of the initiative "End of Poverty: Recalibrating Strategies, Renewing Commitments," organized by the United Nations Development Programme and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. The former President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric. Photo: Carlos Santibanez/Aton Chile. CARLOS SANTIBANEZ/ATON CHILE CommentsFormer President Gabriel Boric will participate this Monday, October 19, in the regional conference "End of Poverty: Recalibrating Strategies, Renewing Commitments," which will be held in Panama City. The event is organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). The conference will bring together political leaders, authorities, experts, and representatives of international institutions, who will take part in various sessions aimed at addressing poverty reduction strategies, improving the use of data, and connecting social policies with agendas on productivity, sustainability, and development. The program will begin with welcome remarks by Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Beatriz Carles de Arango, Minister of Social Development, both officials of the Republic of Panama. The inaugural dialogue will feature remarks from Boric and former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe. The session will be moderated by Michelle Muschett, Under-Secretary-General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at UNDP. The forum will also include presentations on poverty reduction policies in the region; challenges and opportunities for sustainable poverty reduction in the global context; and the presentation of the book "Reducing Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America: Diagnoses, Profiles, and Policy Lessons." To conclude the event, initiatives by multilateral organizations to address the challenge of overcoming poverty will be presentedMore about:Gabriel BoricPanamaPovertyPublic policy