 Mauricio Claver-Carone</p>
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President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mauricio Claver-Carone
Nearshoring happens when an organisation decides to transfer work to companies that are less expensive and geographically closer. The IDB President hopes that larger international companies can find new business opportunities in the region.
“And indeed, progress in this area has numerous benefits,” Claver- Carone continued.
Those benefits include the creation of more jobs for people in the LAC region; the requirement of more specialised skills which should, in turn, generate higher salaries, and ultimately, increased economic growth.
What has informed Claver-Carone’s conviction?
The IDB President explained that the shutdown of manufacturing and supply chain disruptions from China, exacerbated by the disruption caused by Russia’s ongoing war in China, has created an opportunity for the LAC region to supply much-demanded goods and services across the world.
“… today, Latin America and the Caribbean is lagging (behind) other parts of the world in its global value chain participation.
“We have before us a once in a generation opening for global trade insertion…and the moment to seize it is now,” he emphasised.
Estimates from the Bank indicate that exports from the LAC region increased by 22.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2022.
Guyana and Paraguay were the only countries which did not see an increase in trade exports.
Claver-Carone, however, believes that a new, regional cooperation agenda, that encompasses increased public and private sector collaboration, will solve many woes.
And he hopes that as leaders of the Americas congregate in Los Angeles for the highly-anticipated summit, they can all agree on an agenda for increasing trade.
Already, economic cooperation is on the agenda for Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali.
The Head of State is expected to join other hemispheric leaders in Los Angeles from Tuesday; engagements among leaders commence on Wednesday.
