The Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute
The Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE)
Sponsor

“Dominican-American Relations: Building Bridges for Development”

October 13, 2003
The Rotunda at Low Memorial Library, Columbia University

Dr. Leonel Fernandez, former President of the Dominican Republic, with Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University	Dr. Leonel Fernandez with Joaquin Vial, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, and Jeffrey Sachs
From left to right: Vilma Gallagher, Events Coordinator at the Earth Institute; Lenora Suki, Associate Director of the Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development; Eliza Kwon-Ahn, Administrator of the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University; Maria Elizabeth Rodriguez, Project Director at FUNGLODE; and Fatima Torres, President of DONAR, Inc

Program of Speakers

Please click here for a full summary of the day's proceedings.

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Registration

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Opening Remarks by Professor Albert Fishlow and Dr. Leonel Fernández

9:30 am - 9:45 am
Global Partnerships: New York-Dominican Republic Strategic Alliance Project
Speaker: María Elizabeth Rodríguez, Project Director NY-DR Task Force, FUNGLODE

9:45 am - 10:30 am
The Dominican Diaspora: Socioeconomic Profile
Speaker: Dr. Ramona Hernández, Director of Dominican Studies Institute at City College and
Professor Francisco Rivera-Batiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Managed Care, Mental Health, and September 11
Speaker: Dr. Hugo Morales, Psychiatrist and Trustee, City University of New York

11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Dominicans in Literature in the United States
Speaker: Dr. Daisy Cocco de Filippis, Provost, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

LUNCH
The Free Trade Agreement between the US, Central America and the Dominican Republic
Speakers: Dr. Albert Fishlow, Director, ILAS at Columbia University and Mr. Bernardo Vega,
Former Ambassador to the United States

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Making Remittances More Valuable: Reducing Costs and Banking the Unbanked
Speaker: Dr. Manuel Orozco, Project Director, Inter-American Dialogue

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Economic Perspective of the Dominican Republic for the Next Decade
Speaker: Mr. Frederic Emam-Zadé, Director of Economic Development, FUNGLODE

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Linking Human and Economic Development to Competitiveness

Speakers: Dr. Joaquin Vial, Project Director and Senior Research Scholar, Earth Institute at
Columbia University and Ms. Lenora Suki, Associate Director of CGSD at the Earth
Institute

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Political Democratic Transitions in the Dominican Republic
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Leonel Fernández, President of the Global Foundation for Democracy
and Development and Former President of the Dominican Republic

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at
Columbia University and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary
General, Kofi Annan

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Reception and Cultural Event

 

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge our financial sponsors: Columbia University’s Offices of Government and
Community Affairs at the Morningside Campus and at Health Sciences, the Office of the Director of the
Earth Institute, the Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, the
Institute of Latin American Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs and the Global
Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) in the Dominican Republic.

We would also like to extend our thanks for the support of the Dominican Studies Institute of the City
University of New York at City College and DONAR, Inc.

 

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