1. Latin America: New Strategies, Actions and Ways Forward
Jose Graziano Da Silva

2. Key Facts Since 1990s, Latin America can be broadly characterized by:
Modest economic growth rates (picking up recently)
Macroeconomic Stability
Trade Liberalization and Opening
Movement towards democracy, and…
Persisently high inequality

3. Consensus points on poverty reduction
Growth has been necessary for poverty reduction throughout the region
Increased social expenditures generally good for poverty reduction
For medium income level countries, increase in quality of government services as well
Education, health, infrastructure (telephone, electricity)

4. Consensus Points of Future of Poverty Reduction
Education has a key role
Improving Quality instead of Quantity
Quantity expansion already occurred in medium level countries
More targeting of social expenditures towards children’s programs important to avoid future intergenerational income transmission

5. Further Consensus
Increased Local Capacity to implement local programs/policies
Intersectoral public spaces for simulating social participation
Need for more monitoring and evaluation of programs

6. Points for further discussion
What was or is the role of land reform?
Trade liberalization had different effects on different economies
Microfinance- how to scale up these programs to assist the poor?