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Havana. March 2, 2009
Globalization 2009 begins this afternoon
. More than a thousand specialists from 52 countries have confirmed their
attendance . On the first day, President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales of Honduras
will give a master lecture, as will the 2007 Nobel laureate in Economics and
other notable figures
Susana Lee
THE 11th International Meeting of Economists on Globalization and
Development Problems will begin at 3:00 p.m. today, March 2, at the
International Convention Center, and its first session is to feature Honduran
President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, who will give a master lecture on
"Required Adjustments to Globalization."
Roberto Verrier Castro, president of the event's organizing committee,
told Granma more than 1,000 economists and other social sciences professionals
from 52 countries had been registered and confirmed as of yesterday. In
committees, panels, and plenary sessions, the participants will hear more than
250 presentations from selected specialists from 44 nations who will address
crucial topics on the global economy.
Verrier Castro, who is also the president of the National Association of
Cuban Economists - the co-sponsor of these meetings along with the Association
of Latin American and Caribbean Economists - said that the first day's sessions
would include a panel titled "From the Financial Crisis to the Global Economic
Crisis: Impact and Lessons," with scholars from Argentina, the United States
and Belgium.
Today's program, as a preview of the week's events, includes lectures by
Edmund Phelps, 2007 Nobel Prize winner in Economics; Samir Amin, president of
the Third World Forum; Ecuadorian Pedro Páez, president of the Presidential
Technical Commission for the configuration of components of the International
Financial Architecture; and Alí Rodríguez Araque, Venezuelan minister of
economics and finances.
Translation by Granma Internacional
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