Recorded on April 23, 2024, at BESI, this video features a talk from Camila Gramkow, director a.i. of the Brazil office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Recognizing that sustainable development requires reducing the gap in GDP per capita between the center and the periphery, increasing equality, and protecting the environment, Gramkow presents a Structuralist economic model that combines these three dimensions of sustainable development.

She argues that a combination of industrial and technological policies, along with income redistribution, is necessary for sustainable development. She links this perspective to broader efforts in Brazil and Latin America to pursue a “big push” for sustainability.

About the Speaker

Camila Gramkow is director a.i. of the Brazil office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), where she leads debates on climate and economic development policy in Brazil and across Latin America. She has experience with project management, including designing, implementing, and evaluating international cooperation projects on climate change mitigation under the International Climate Fund and the Prosperity Fund. She has a doctorate in the economics of climate change from the University of East Anglia and has worked in the area of sustainable development for over a decade.