Join us for a timely and forward-looking conversation between Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Marcelo Cabrol on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping labor markets across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The discussion will explore both sides of the equation: the risks of job displacement due to automation, and the promise of AI-driven tools for upskilling, re-skilling, and building more inclusive labor systems.
Drawing on years of research and policy experience, Levy Yeyati and Cabrol will discuss:
What types of jobs are most at risk in the region—and what sectors could emerge stronger?
How governments and firms can leverage AI to close skills gaps and expand economic mobility; and
The institutional capacities Latin America needs to navigate this technological transition.
This session will provide a nuanced look at the future of work in LAC at the intersection of innovation, education, and inclusion. This conversation will be moderated by GAI Managing Director Denisse Yanovich.
This event is co-sponsored by the Georgetown Americas Institute and the Latin America Policy Association.
Featuring
Eduardo Levy Yeyati is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings, where he leads the Workforce of the Future initiative. He is also a full professor of economics and public policy at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and the founder and faculty director of its Center for Evidence-Based Policy (CEPE-DiTella). He is also a chief economic adviser at AdCap, a principal researcher at CONICET, a consulting member at CARI (Argentina), and a member of the advisory board of Fundación Ágora (Uruguay) and the editorial board of AS/COA’s Americas Quarterly. He has extensive experience as a macrofinancial expert for multilateral financial institutions, developing country governments, and private institutions. His research on emerging markets finance, economic development, labor markets, and political polarization has been ranked No. 1 among economists in Argentina by Google Scholar and RePEc. His editorials and blogs have appeared in Americas Quarterly, VoxEU, Project Syndicate, the Financial Times, El País (Spain), and La Nación (Argentina), among other media. In the past, he was the dean of the School of Government at UTDT (2017-2023), senior adviser at the Office of the Chief of Staff, director of Argentina 2030, Argentina´s Presidential Secretary for Strategic Thinking (2016-2017), board director at Argentina’s Bank of Investment and Trade Credit (2016), head of Latin American research and emerging markets strategy at Barclays Capital (2007-2010), senior financial sector adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank (2005-2006), and chief economist and monetary and financial policy manager of the Central Bank of Argentina (2002), among other positions. Pro bono, he was the founding president of the National Council of Production (2016) and the president of the think tank CIPPEC (2014-2016). He has taught at Harvard´s Kennedy School of Government, LSE’s School of Public Affairs, Barcelona´s Graduate School of Economics, and Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Marcelo Cabrol is the division chief of Inter American Development Bank (IDB) Lab’s scalability, knowledge, and impact (SKI) division. He has been at the IDB for over 20 years, having previously managed the social sector department, the office of external relations, and the education division of the IDB. Cabrol has a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University, and a doctoral degree (ABD) in government and public policy from the same institution.
Denisse Yanovich (moderator) is the managing director of the Georgetown Americas Institute. Prior to joining Georgetown she was the deputy to the president at the Inter-American Dialogue, a leading think tank on Latin America. She also worked at the Embassy of Colombia in Washington, managing their public diplomacy program, and Fedesarrollo, an economic policy think tank in Colombia, as a research associate. Yanovich holds a B.S. and M.A. in economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá and a M.A. in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University College London.