Event

Event Title: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA Date: 2/9/2007 - 2/9/2007 Even though indigenous people constitute around 40% of Latin America’s total population, they remain largely unaffected by development, and their level of poverty has stayed much the same over the last decade. In an attempt to understand why this has been the case, and to propose solutions, the World Bank assembled a report on “Indigenous Peoples and Economic Opportunities in Latin America,” leading up to a conference on its findings at Georgetown University on February 9, 2007. The conference was organized by the university’s National Resource Center for Latin American Studies, with the help of the Bank and the Inter-American Foundation.

B-SPAN releases from this event are:

1. Opening Session 2. Andean Countries: Promoting Economic Opportunities and Social Networks 3. Mesoamerican Countries: Promoting Economic Opportunities and Social Networks 4. The Challenges of Promoting Economic Opportunities