A Latin American Success Story: Five Years of
Extraordinary Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Argentina
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
As part of the events held in conjunction with the IMF/World Bank
Spring Meetings, this forum marked the fifth anniversary of
Argentina's remarkable economic growth. It has defied most experts and
most of the business press since the beginning.
Four years ago, one year into the recovery, the IMF's Research Director
called Argentina's growth "a hiatus at the moment from its long
economic fall." Argentina has now completed five years of the
fastest economic growth in the Western Hemisphere, with GDP increasing by
47 percent and more than nine million people pulled over the
poverty line. Felisa Josefina Miceli, Argentina's Minister of the Economy, and
Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the
Center for Economic Policy Research, discussed the implications of
Argentina's economic success and how it was made possible.
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Speakers:
Felisa Josefina Miceli
Minister of Economy, Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
Co-Director,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Moderated by Bob Davis of The Wall Street Journal
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