Latin America: Managing Abundance to Avoid a Bust

The CSIS Americas Program is pleased to invite you to

"Latin America: Managing Abundance to Avoid a Bust"

With a lead presentation by:

Rodrigo Valdés
Senior Advisor
Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund

And discussants:

Liliana Rojas-Suárez
Senior Fellow
Center for Global Development
and

Arturo C. Porzecanski
Distinguished Economist-in-Residence, American University and
Senior Associate (Non-resident), CSIS

May 23, 2011
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Registration begins at 9:30 AM
CSIS B1 Conference Room B
1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006

Exceptional global circumstances have produced  a double bonanza of easy foreign financing and high export earnings for most of the large and medium-sized countries in Latin America, particularly all the commodity exporters.  However, these favorable conditions may not last beyond this year.  Join us for a discussion of the problems and vulnerabilities that the boom is generating; how to best manage this abundance in order to avoid a painful bust down the road; and for an assesment of whether governments are following policies that are appropriate for the circumstances.

Open to the public, however space is limited.
Please RSVP to the Americas Program Coordinator Michael Graybeal at
mgraybeal@csis.org or 202.775.3123

This discussion will be based on the IMF report "Managing Abundance to Avoid a Bust in Latin America."