In the Council of the Americas, Christian Asinelli (CAF) highlighted the strengths of Latin America and highlighted the financing of key projects in Argentina, such as the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline and the feed card.
The Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming of CAF- Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, Christian Asinelli, participated today in the Council of the Americas, which brought together referents, officials and businessmen under the title “Argentina: economic and political perspectives”, at the Alvear Hotel.
Within the framework of his panel participation together with referents from other multilateral organizations, Asinelli stressed that Latin America and the Caribbean “have two great strengths that are very well marked, which differentiate it from other parts of the world: in principle, which, beyond internal problems insecurity, is a region of peace, and that is not a minor fact, in a world that has more than 50 military conflicts between countries. Doing business, that the private sector flows and can generate more resources.
In this line, he argued that the role of banks such as CAF, in addition to the financing of strategic projects that enhance these advantages, the contribution of “the long -term look, which is the only way to generate development, productivity, the strengthening of global and regional value chains, which is what will allow a qualitative leap”.
As for Argentina, Asinelli stressed the financing of CAF for the construction of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline for an amount of 540 million dollars “that will allow Argentina not only to transport gas internally, but when the entire complex is finished, to be able to export”, while highlighting the support for social projects such as the feeding card, for a global sum of USD 700 million provincial and private sector.
Finally, he highlighted the use of technology for the reduction of social gaps. “The use of artificial intelligence, taking advantage of the strength of the Argentine scientific-technological system, can be an opportunity to generate more competitiveness and improve educational and health conditions,” he concluded.
They also participated in the Morgan Doyle panel, general manager of the Department of South Cone countries of the Inter -American Development Bank (IDB) and Manuela ADL, senior manager of the Argentine and Paraguay country, International Financial Corporation (IFC). The space was moderated by Gala Díaz Langou, executive director of CIPPEC.
Source: Ambito
