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Essential Reading Items

Paper: What Next for Argentina?
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
February 2004

Congressional Testimony: Statement to the Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Hearing on the Argentine Financial Crisis
United States Senate
Washington, DC
March 10, 2004
Revised March 22, 2004

Speech: Did the Washington Consensus Fail?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Outline of speech at the Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, DC
November 6, 2002

Op-ed: No More for Argentina
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed published in the Financial Times
August 16, 2001

Policy Briefs

13-12: Sovereign Damage Control [pdf]
by Anna Gelpern, Peterson Institute for International Economics
May 2013

12-23: Updated Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates [pdf]
by William R. Cline, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
November 2012

05-2: After Argentina [pdf]
by Anna Gelpern, Peterson Institute for International Economics
September 2005

Working Papers

12-6: Transportation and Communication Infrastructure in Latin America: Lessons from Asia [pdf]
by Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics
April 2012

12-3: Chinese Investment in Latin American Resources: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly [pdf]
by Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Theodore H. Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Julia Muir, Peterson Institute for International Economics
February 2012

Congressional Testimony

Reform of the International Monetary Fund [pdf]
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
June 7, 2005

Statement to the Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Hearing on the Argentine Financial Crisis
United States Senate
Washington, DC
March 10, 2004
Revised March 22, 2004

Op-eds

Mexico-Mercosur Auto Moves Send Mixed Signals
by Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Interview published by World Politics Review. Excerpt reposted with permission.
April 19, 2012

Bullying Latin America
by Eric Farnsworth, Council of the Americas
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun
August 2, 2007

The Poor Need a Stake in Developing Countries
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed from the Financial Times
April 7, 2003

Brazil Needs Help
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed from the Financial Times
June 25, 2002

No More for Argentina
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed published in the Financial Times
August 16, 2001

Speeches and Papers

Global Economic Prospects as of September 9, 2011: How Deep the Current Slowdown? [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper presented at the twentieth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
September 9, 2011

Global Economic Prospects as of April 4, 2011: Continued Growth Despite the Turmoil
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper presented at the nineteenth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
April 4, 2011

Global Economic Prospects for 2010 and 2011: Global Recovery Continues [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper presented at the seventeenth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC
April 8, 2010

Global Economic Prospects as of September 2009: Onward to Global Recovery [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper presented at the sixteenth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC
September 17, 2009

The Global Financial Crisis and Development Strategy for Emerging Market Economies [pdf]
by William R. Cline, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Remarks presented to the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, World Bank, Seoul, Korea
June 23, 2009

Latin American Memories at the G-20 [pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Transcript from Peterson Perspectives: Interviews on Current Issues
November 7, 2008

The Way Forward in Latin America
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Outline of remarks at the session
"Democracy and Reform in Latin America: How to Build More Competitive Economies" of the Competitiveness and Democracy Task Force of the Center for Hemispheric Policy
Coral Gables, Florida
December 4, 2006

Global Economic Prospects, Early September 2006 [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the tenth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
Washington, DC
September 14, 2006

Global Economic Prospects 2006/2007: Continued Solid Growth in 2006, Rising Risks for Inflation, Financial Markets, and Growth for 2007 [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the ninth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
April 11, 2006

Does the FTAA Have a Future? [pdf]
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics
November 2005

Global Economic Prospects: Growth Slowing Below Potential in 2006 [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the eighth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
September 12, 2005

Global Economic Prospects: Slower But Still Solid Growth in 2005; Worries About Growth and Inflation for 2006 [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the seventh semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
April 7, 2005

A Short History of the Washington Consensus [pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper commissioned by Fundación CIDOB for a conference "From the Washington Consensus towards a new Global Governance"
Barcelona, Spain
September 24-25, 2004

Global Economic Prospects: Bright for 2004 but with Questions Thereafter
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at "Global Economic Forecasts"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
April 1, 2004

Argentina: Let's Move Forward
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Letter to the editor in the Financial Times
February 9, 2004

What Next for Argentina?
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
February 2004

The Washington Consensus as Policy Prescription for Development [pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Lecture for the series "Practitioners of Development"
The World Bank
Washington, DC
January 13, 2004

A Global Growth Rebound: How Strong for How Long? [pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper at the Global Economic Prospects conference
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
September 9, 2003

Preventing Financial Crises: The Case for Independent IMF Surveillance
by Edward Balls, Chief Economic Adviser to the British Treasury
Remarks at the Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
March 6, 2003

Did the Washington Consensus Fail?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Outline of speech at the Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, DC
November 6, 2002

What Washington Means by Policy Reform
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Chapter 2 from Latin American Adjustment: How Much Has Happened?
Edited by John Williamson. Published April 1990.
November 2002

Fixed Exchange Rates: The Lessons from Argentina [pdf]
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Guest column for the Inter-American Development Daily
March 12, 2002

What Should the World Bank Think about the Washington Consensus?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Paper prepared as a background to the World Bank's World Development Report 2000
July 1999

Books

Global Economics in Extraordinary Times: Essays in Honor of John Williamson
edited by C. Fred Bergsten and C. Randall Henning
November 2012

Free Trade Agreements: US Strategies and Priorities
edited by Jeffrey J. Schott
April 2004

After the Washington Consensus: Restarting Growth and Reform in Latin America
edited by Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski and John Williamson
March 2003

Argentina y el FMI: Del triunfo a la tragedia
by Michael Mussa
August 2002 (Out-of-Print)

Argentina and the Fund: From Triumph to Tragedy
by Michael Mussa
July 2002