Luis Caputo and Pablo Quirno led meetings with a delegation of 10 executives of the agency, which showed interest in the incentive and sustainable mining regime.
He Minister of Economy, Luis Caputonext to Secretary of Finance, Pablo Quirnoheld meetings with a delegation composed of 10 Executive Directors of the World Bank Groupwithin the framework of the official visit that the agency makes to the country.
During the meetings, which extended from Wednesday until Friday, the national authorities spoke with the agency’s representatives about the Evolution of the Argentine Economic Programadvances in the process of Macroeconomic stabilization and future perspectives. In parallel, the Development priorities that the government considers central to consolidate recovery.
Rigi and infrastructure projects
One of the outstanding points of the agenda was the Incentive regime to large investments (Rigi). The World Bank received details about this scheme designed to attract capital and facilitate the development of large -scale infrastructure projects, considered key to boost the growth of the Argentine economy in the coming years.
The Energy and Mining Coordinating Secretary also participated in the meetings, Daniel González; The Secretary of Mining, Luis Lucero; and the executive director by Argentina at the World Bank, Daniel Pierini. In this area, we worked especially on the opportunities offered by Argentina in sustainable mining of critical metalsa sector in which the country seeks to position itself as the protagonist within the global energy transition.
In line with that axis, the national authorities and the directors of the World Bank agreed on the importance of expedite project approval processes that have private financing and the accompaniment of the International Financial Corporation (ICC)World Bank Group Agency. The intention is to accelerate the concretion of investments that are strategic to expand productive capacity and strengthen the economic framework.
The international delegation was also received in the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) by its president, Santiago Bausiliwho exhibited about the monetary policy applied and the Guidelines of the Official Strategy in Exchange and Financial Matters.
Finally, this Friday, director Pierini with the World Bank delegation moved to the Jujuy provincewhere they visited the facilities of Arcadium Lithiuma company that produces lithium in the Salar from Olarozwith River River as the main shareholder. There, the agency’s representatives expressed their interest and commitment in redouble the support for the development of the Argentine mining sectoran area that they consider a priority within the future cooperation between the country and the World Bank.
Source: Ambito
