Latin American Matters (LAM) is a podcast about the innovative policies and political debates Latin America has to offer to the rest of the world. Stay tuned to hear from policy makers and experts talk about their research and practice all over the continent -- from the Antartic, to the Chihuahuan desert.
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Development in Practice: Interview with Miguel Santos
How can we identify constraints for development at a national and sub-national level? How do we take actionable policies for them? In this episode, we discuss this and other issues addressed by the growth diagnostics methodology. We talk with Miguel Santos, Director of Applied Research at the Growth Lab, Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University about his work in Latin America and perspectives on economic growth.
Credits:
Host/Engineer: Andrés Fortunato (MPP'21)
Host: Giuliana Huarcaya (MPP'21)
Editor: Yi Ning Wong (MPP'21)
31 Jul 2020
The Pandemic and the Shifting Health Care System in Colombia
In this episode, Paola Riveros (MPP'21), speaks with Paul Díaz, Deputy Director of Health Regulation at the Ministry of Finance of Colombia. They discuss Colombia’s response to the coronavirus crisis. Policies in response to the pandemic have been rigid to face the challenge of the health care system and have recently become more flexible to recover part of the economy.
Production Credits:
Andres Fortunato (MPP'21)
Paola Riveros (MPP'21)
Yi Ning Wong (MPP'21)
24 Jul 2020
A Conversation about Government Responses to COVID-19 in Latin America
In this episode we talk with Cesar Pabón from Harvard Kennedy School, María Harker from Columbia's SIPA, and Diego Deleersnyder (SIPA), about how governments of Latin America are addressing both the public health crisis and the economic recession associated with COVID-19. We address the issue of the financial fragility of some Nations and the need for political cooperation in the region.
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