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Financial Reforms in the Shadow of the “Panama Papers”

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Officials representing Panama’s financial system and other experts met at the to discuss reform efforts that are receiving additional attention in the wake of the so-called “Panama Papers.”

Latin America Program

Officials representing Panama’s financial system and other experts met at the to discuss reform efforts that are receiving additional attention in the wake of the so-called “Panama Papers.” 



Speakers (listed in order of appearance)

Andrew Selee, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute,

Eric L. Olson, Associate Director, Latin American Program

Chip Poncy, Senior Advisor, Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance Foundation for Defense of Democracy

Ivan Zarak, Vice Minister of Economy, Republic of Panama

Ricardo Fernandez, Bank Superintendent, Republic of Panama

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’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the ’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.   Read more

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