Partners of this report are the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), the European Union (EU) and the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This report is supported by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Commission (INTPA).
The contribution of the OECD Development Centre to this report was led and managed by Sebastián Nieto-Parra, Head of the Latin America and the Caribbean - LAC Unit at the OECD Development Centre. Co-ordination was led by Luis Cecchi, Policy Analyst at the LAC Unit of the OECD Development Centre, under the guidance of Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the OECD Development Centre, and Federico Bonaglia, Deputy Director of the OECD Development Centre. Juan Vázquez Zamora, Deputy Head of the LAC Unit at the OECD Development Centre, René Orozco and Olivia Cuq, economist and policy analyst respectively at the same Unit contributed extensively to the production and co-ordination of the report. ECLAC’s contribution was led by Marco Llinás, Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division, and Sebastián Rovira, Economic Affairs Officer in Charge of the Innovation and New Technologies Unit, under the guidance of José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC. The contribution from CAF was led by Adriana Arreaza, Director of Macroeconomic Studies, under the guidance of Veronica Frisancho Robles, Chief Economist, and Sergio Díaz-Granados, Executive President of CAF. The European Commission contribution was led by Diana Montero Melis, Deputy Head of Unit at the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Commission (INTPA), with the assistance of Rodolfo Lazarich Gener, International Aid / Cooperation Officer, and Claudia Pablos Lorenzo, Cooperation consultant, under the guidance of Olivier Luyckx, Head of Unit South America and regional operations, and Felix Fernández-Shaw, Director of INTPA Latin America and the Caribbean relations with overseas countries and territories.
The report benefited from the research, drafting and fruitful collaboration among various authors across these organisations, including Adriana Arreaza (CAF), María Carolina Arcila (OECD), Laura Buchet (OECD), Adriana Caicedo (OECD), Luis Cecchi (OECD), Olivia Cuq (OECD), Rita Da Costa (OECD), Samuel Elrington (OECD), Andrés Espejo (ECLAC), Sofia Faurie (OECD), Sonia García Lorenzana (OECD), Nicolo Gligo Saez (ECLAC), Laura Gutiérrez Cadena (OECD), Michael Hanni (ECLAC), Sebastián Herreros (ECLAC), Ingrid Jenezova (EC), Andrea Laplane (ECLAC), Juan Ramón Larraín Aylwin (OECD), Martina Lejtreger (OECD), Carlos Maldonado (ECLAC), Thomas Manfredi (OECD), Nathalia Montoya González (OECD), Sebastián Nieto Parra (OECD), Georgina Nuñez (ECLAC), René Orozco (OECD), Ramón Pineda (ECLAC), Marti Pera Planas (ECLAC), Esteban Pérez (ECLAC), Noel Pérez Benitez (ECLAC), Juan Vázquez Zamora (OECD), Helvia Velloso (ECLAC), and Cecilia Vera (ECLAC). Rosario Hernando Cruz (OECD), Daniela Sánchez Galvis (OECD), Agustina Vierheller (OECD) and Paul Wonder (ECLAC) provided invaluable administrative support throughout the elaboration of the report.
A group of experts and colleagues have been particularly active and supportive during the production process, providing views, inputs and comments. We would like to highlight the support of Jose Antonio Ardavín (OECD), Jens Arnold (OECD), Julia Benn (OECD), Eric Bensel (OECD), Francesca Borgonovi (OECD), Monica Brezzi (OECD), Aida Caldera Sanchez (OECD), Maya Camacho (OECD), Jorge Carbonell (OECD), Olivier Cattaneo (OECD), Claire Charbit (OECD), Helena Cravinho (OECD), Pietrangelo De Biase (OECD), Rachida Dkhissi (OECD), Falilou Fall (OECD), Priscilla Fialho (OECD), Jacobo Garcia Villareal (OECD), Paula Garda (OECD), Daniela Ibarra (OAS), Stratos Kamenis (OECD), Fatos Koc (OECD), Michael Koelle (OECD), Sarah Kups (OECD), Alessandro Maravalle (OECD), Ida Mcdonnell (OECD), Jeroen Meyer (OECD), Veerle Miranda (OECD), Letizia Montinari (OECD), Ana Novik (OECD), Alberto Gonzalez (OECD), Lorenzo Pavone (OECD), Bertrand Pluyaud (OECD), Annalisa Primi (OECD), Kim Osbone (OAS), Adolfo Rodríguez-Vargas (OECD), Ana Maria Ruiz Rivadeneira (OECD), Carlos Santiso (OECD), Daniela Sena Rojas (OECD), Luz Serrano (OAS), Rebeca Vidal (CAF), Martin Wermelinger (OECD), Bettina Wistrom (OECD) and Yumika Yamada (OECD).
The content of the report was enriched by constructive feedback received during an informal consultation with the LAC countries and members of the OECD Development Centre Governing Board on 22 February 2023; virtual Experts’ Meeting on 30 and 31 May 2023; and a private-sector consultation meeting that took place on 27 June 2023. In addition to the LAC delegates to the Governing Board of the OECD Development Centre, we are particularly grateful to the experts, academics, private-sector representatives and other public servants who joined us during the Experts’ Meeting, the private-sector consultation meeting and informal meetings: Graciela Altruda (MEF, Uruguay), Daniela Araujo (EU-LAC Foundation), Maria Paula Arenas (MINCIT, Colombia), Patricia Benavente (WB), Juan Benavides (Fedesarrollo), Antoine Berthou (OECD), Janos Bertok (OECD), San Bilal (European Centre for Development Policy Management), Marie-Pierre Bourzai (AFD), Ana Capilla (OEI), Lucio Castro (IFC), Mario Coronado (Telefónica Hispam), Andrea Costafreda (OXFAM), Humberto Cote (DNP), Manuel Escudero (Permanent Delegation of Spain to the OECD), Ministra Elisa Facio (MIEM, Uruguay), Almudena Fernández (UNDP), Juan Miguel Gallego (DNP Colombia), Andrés García Suaza (Universidad del Rosario), Pilar Garrido (OECD), Cecilia Giffuni (RREE, Uruguay), Elaine Godoy (AUCI), Carla Fernández-Durán Gortazar (IDB), Martín Francos (Ministry of Economy, Dominican Republic), Fernando Jaramillo Mejía (Universidad del Rosario), Fidel Jaramillo (FLAR), Juan Labraga (MEF, Uruguay), Antón Leis (AECID), Guilherme Magacho (AFD), Analia Maguna (MEF, Uruguay), Ana Fernanda Maiguashca (Private Council for Competitiveness, Colombia), Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid (UNAM), Natalia Moreno Rigollot (Telefónica), José Antonio Ocampo (Columbia University), Laura Oroz (AECID), Eric Parrado (IDB), Javier Pérez (Banco de España), Meghann Puloch (AFD), Fazia Pusterla (IDB), Olga Lucía R. Ramirez (DLA Piper), Juan Ruiz (BBVA Research), José Antonio Sanahuja (Fundación Carolina), Verónica Santini (MEF, Uruguay), Verónica Suarez (AUCI), Daniel Titelman, (ECLAC), Manuel Toledo (CAF), Ana Valero (Telefónica Hispam), Marco Varea (AFD), and Felipe Zaccheo (International Partnerships of the European Commission).
The country notes benefited from constructive inputs, scrutiny and verification by delegations to the OECD from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico, as well as the embassies in France of Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. OECD delegations and embassies have also co-ordinated the relevant inputs from different national ministries and governmental areas.
The OECD Development Centre would also like to express its sincere gratitude to the Agence française de développement (AFD), the Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP) of Colombia, the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation, Telefónica, and Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) for their support of the Latin American Economic Outlook.
Finally, many thanks go to the Publications and Communications Division of the OECD Development Centre, in particular Aida Buendia, Mélodie Descours, Delphine Grandrieux, Elizabeth Nash, Irit Perry, Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte and Felix Zimmermann, for their steadfast patience and expedient work on the production of this report and associated materials. The authors also sincerely appreciate the editing and proofreading activities undertaken by Mary Bortin and Marilyn Smith; the co-ordination of the Spanish translation by Alejandro Barranco, Julia Gregory, Alexander Summerfield; and the Spanish editing services by Liliana Tafur.