CSIS Panel: "Fifteen Years of Doing Business: Opportunities for Future Directions"

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Dr. Juan Jose Daboub was invited to the panel, "Fifteen Years of Doing Business: Opportunities for Future Directions” at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future of the Doing Business Index. This year marks the fifteen-year anniversary of the Doing Business Index, which is a program that looks at various countries' economies and ranks them on their ease of starting and continuing a formal business.

Since its inception, the Doing Business Indicators have been under scrutiny with various adjustments made to them over the past few years. On Thursday, February 22, 2018, CSIS held a panel to discuss the accomplishments, controversies, and future of the Doing Business Indicators.

In the panel, Dr. Daboub talked about how the indicators were one of many resources that helped him when he was the Minister of Finance of El Salvador.

You can watch the panel in the video above or listen in the player below.

Event page: https://www.csis.org/events/fifteen-years-doing-business-opportunities-future-directions

FEATURING

OPENING REMARKS
Giorgi Tsikolia, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Georgia

PRESENTATION
Rita Ramalho, Acting Director for the Global Indicator Group at the World Bank

PANELISTS

  • Michael Klein, Former Vice President for Financial and Private Sector Development at the World Bank Group
  • Juan Jose Daboub, Former Minister of Finance of El Salvador and Former Managing Director at the World Bank Group
  • Miriam Bruhn, Senior Economist, Development Research Group at the World Bank
  • Justin Sandefur, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development

Op-Ed: "Una referencia que elimina barreras" by Dr. Juan Jose Daboub & Daniele E. Runde

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It’s been fifteen years since the launch of the Doing Business Indicators, which is a program provided by The World Bank that measures the number of steps, regulations, and costs related to the opening, running and closing of a "formal" company. Dr. Juan Jose Daboub, Former Minister of Finance of El Salvador and Former Managing Director at the World Bank Group; and Daniele E. Runde, Project Director of Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recapped the benefits that the program has provided over the years, in an article in ABC, one of Spain's leading national newspapers. 

In the article, Dr. Daboub talked about his past work as the Minister of Finance of El Salvador and how Doing Business helped guide the Government’s plan. “We achieved a more competitive private sector even in those countries more advanced than ours,” he wrote.

Furthermore, he discusses the value of Doing Business as a tool of economic impact, addresses its history of controversy, it’s value to job creation, as a public good and more.

“Doing Business has played a positive role for small, medium and large entrepreneurs to do business formally and generate employment around the world.”

Read the article (in Spanish): http://www.abc.es/economia/abci-referencia-elimina-barreras
 

The Victoria Forum: Global Trade & The Promotion of Inclusive Economics

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The Victoria Forum: Global Trade & The Promotion of Inclusive Economics

Dr. Juan José Daboub was invited to be a panelist for a plenary session at the Victoria Forum in Victoria, Canada from November 17-19, 2017. The session titled, “Global Trade & The Promotion of Inclusive Economies” was presented by the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business with the forum staged by the University of Victoria and Global Affairs Canada.

The University of Victoria and Global Affairs Canada joined forces to organize the inaugural Victoria Forum under the theme of Canada's 150th Anniversary, "Canada@150: Promoting Diversity & Inclusion." 

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The World Under Pressure

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PHOTO COURTESY OF SERIO GROUP

PHOTO COURTESY OF SERIO GROUP

Developing Economies and Sustainability - The World Under Pressure

Dr. Daboub was invited by Serio Government Affairs AB to give a speech on the world economy, politics and sustainable issues in developing countries at Almedal Week. Almedal week is an annual event at Almedalen, a park in the city of Visby, which is located on the Island of Gotland in Sweden. The event is a forum on Swedish politics featuring multiple speeches, seminars, and activities within politics. Dr. Daboub spoke on July 4th during the Ambassadors Network Mixer at the County Governor's Residence.

Link to the event page: http://www.almedalsveckan.info/event/user-view/47431

AEI Event: Honorable Senator Marco Rubio and Dr. Juan Jose Daboub

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AEI Event in Washington, DC

Dr. Daboub attended the release of AEI’s new report “Kingpins and Corruption: Targeting Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas” in Washington, DC on Monday, June 26, 2017. The report is a part of AEI’s What to Do: Policy Recommendations for 2017 series. Marking the report’s release was an informative discussion on the topics covered in the report with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivering the opening remarks. Afterward, there was a panel discussion with some of the contributors to the report.

Link to the event page: http://www.aei.org/events/kingpins-and-corruption-targeting-transnational-organized-crime-in-the-americas/

CSIS Global Development Forum 2017

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CSIS Global Development Forum 2017

Dr. Juan José Daboub attended the 2017 Global Development Forum on April 19, 2017. The forum was organized by CSIS Center for Strategic & International Development.

According to the organizers, the 2017 Global Development Forum, "seeks to examine the role and purpose of official development assistance against a backdrop of rising incomes, economic growth, youth unemployment, and other continued complex challenges in many parts of the world. To address these challenges, the next U.S. administration will need to apply new approaches and remain highly flexible in a rapidly changing development landscape. In particular, this conference will explore ways in which the next few years will shape the role of the United States in international development, and how the United States can work with official donors and key partners, including the private sector, civil society, and multilateral institutions."

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Antigua Forum and International Water Bank, from Guatemala to France

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Antigua Forum and International Water Bank, from Guatemala to France

The Antigua Forum had 51 participants from 20 countries. The forum combines highly effective participants with a highly productive process. It brings together political reformers, entrepreneurs and other experts from around the world who believe in the power of human ingenuity and free enterprise to improve the well-being of people everywhere. At the Antigua Forum, theses individuals share, compare, test and validate ideas and turn game-changing initiatives into concrete action plans. Participants may bring real-world projects that they are working on, or they may serve as part of our brain trust by applying their knowledge and expertise to help these projects.

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International Seminar “Vargas Llosa: Cultura, Ideas Y Libertad”

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International Seminar “Vargas Llosa: Cultura, Ideas Y Libertad”

The International Seminar, “Vargas Llosa: Culture, Ideas and Liberty” was hosted from March 29-30, 2016, in Madrid, Spain. On the 80th birthday of Mario Vargas Llosa, the seminar was hosted to honor his work as well as other intellectuals and writers, and to reflect on the future of Latin America and the challenges facing democracy in the region.

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Latin Finance organizes 2nd Central America Finance and Investment Forum

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Latin Finance organizes 2nd Central America Finance and Investment Forum

As a panelist in the 2nd Central America Finance and Investment Forum session, “Opportunity, Risk and the Evolution of a Regional Block in Central America,” Dr. Juan José Daboub, The Daboub Partnership CEO and Director of the Board of Directors for Grupo Financiero Ficohsa (USA) presented on his global experience in finance from working as Managing Director of the World Bank to serving as the Finance Minister for El Salvador. 

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Atlantic Energy Forum 2015

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Atlantic Energy Forum 2015

Eminent Persons from the public and private sectors in Africa, Europe, North and South America met in Mexico City for the Second Annual Atlantic Energy Forum to chart new paths for pan-Atlantic cooperation, at the invitation of the Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR) at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, particularly CTR Distinguished Fellow and former President of the Government of Spain José Maria Aznar and CTR Executive Director Prof. Daniel Hamilton. The Atlantic Energy Forum is part of the larger Atlantic Basin Initiative, facilitated by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Transatlantic Relations.

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AEI: Economic growth–The only path to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

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AEI: Economic growth–The only path to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

From the American Enterprise Institute: 

"Last month, the United Nations unanimously adopted an ambitious new global development agenda to end poverty by 2030 and pursue a sustainable future. Yet previous top-down development strategies have not driven the economic growth necessary to bring countries out of poverty and are sustainable only through donor funding. Can a development policy that empowers individuals and expands economic opportunity help the UN achieve its Sustainable Development Goals?

Dr. Juan José Daboub participated as a panelist in the 9:20 a.m. session, "The case for economic opportunity and the SDGs." See the agenda below for more information.

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