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Introduction / Shahid Javed Burki and Sri-Ram Aiyer -- Conference proceedings: the challenges of reform / Sri-Ram Aiyer and Kin Bing Wu -- Opening remarks / Pedro Malan -- Keynote address: the future of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean / César Gaviria Trujillo -- Latin America after Mexico: quickening the pace / Shahid Javed Burki and Sebastian Edwards -- Reform of the state in Latin America / Stephan Haggard -- Why are Latin America's savings rates so low?: an international comparative analysis / Sebastian Edwards -- Latin America and the Caribbean in the world economy / Carlos A. Primo Braga, Julio Nogués, and Sarath Rajapatirana -- Poverty, inequality, and human capital development in Latin America, 1950-2025 / Juan Luis Londoño -- Education reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: an agenda for action / Ernesto Schiefelbein -- Special session: capital markets after the Mexican peso crisis / William Cline -- Roundtable discussion: Latin America and the Caribbean in the postadjustment era / Carlos Langoni, Marta Maurás Pérez, Brian Stewart.

This first Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) took stock of the immediate challenges created by the peso crisis and its aftermath and of the longer-term evidence that the region ' s record in addressing poverty and inequity necessitated a renewed commitment to deepen and extend reform. The six conference sessions focused on: 1) reforming the state by: reducing unwanted government intrusion in markets and increasing bureaucratic efficiency; privatizing; reducing unnecessary regulation; reorienting spending priorities around core government functions; improving service delivery through greater outsourcing; and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse through systemic reform of financial management; 2) differences in savings and economic growth in LAC and East Asia; 3) trade liberalization and trade flows; 4) poverty, equality, and human capital development; 5) education reform; and 6) capital markets and the Mexican peso crisis.