GFDD Supports CUNY Dominican Studies Institute forum

Faced with a challenging external environment, Latin American and Caribbean growth as a whole has stagnated in recent years. While some countries have remained bastions of the regional economy, others have seen precipitous drops in GDP growth. To address these and other relevant issues, GFDD and CUNY’s Dominican Studies Institute will convene a panel of economic and political experts on October 16th for a roundtable discussion titled: “Latin America and
the Caribbean: Economic Outlook and Challenges towards the Future.” The event will take place in the DSI’s Dominican Archives and Dominican Library.

In August, the ECLAC Economic Development Division published its 2017 Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean. Daniel Titelman, Chief of the Division, will be present to review key insights from the report and tease out implications and expectations for the future. Alongside Mr. Titelman, Dr.
Marta Bengoa, author of numerous articles about the determinants of economic growth and incidence of inequality and poverty in Latin America and CUNY professor of economics, will be present. Dr. Bengoa has also collaborated with intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations on economic growth-related projects in Latin America.

Last but not least, one final individual must be mentioned. Throughout his career in public
service, U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat from New York’s 13th Congressional District has been an advocate for smart investments in economic development, job creation, and environmental protection. He has also spoken of problems shared between Caribbean countries such as energy prices and susceptibility to natural disasters, and has advocated for the U.S. and Caribbean nations to work together on disaster protocols and security initiatives. It will be a great honor to count
on Congressman Espaillat’s participation, which is sure to be timely and engaging, in the evening’s event.

About Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD):
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), sister organization of Funglode in the United States, is a non-partisan and non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of collaboration between organizations in the United States and the
Dominican Republic in order to conduct research, enhance public debate, design public policy, propose strategies and provide training to facilitate change in crucial areas of the social, economic and democratic development of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean and Latin America.

About the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Founded in 1992 and housed at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of
New York (CUNY DSI) is the nation””s first university-based research institute devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent in the United States and other parts of the world. CUNY DSI””s mission is to produce and disseminate research and scholarship about Dominicans, and about the Dominican Republic. CUNY DSI is the locus for a community of scholars, including doctoral fellows, in the field of Dominican Studies and sponsors multidisciplinary research projects.

More information:
https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi