Essential Reading Items
Paper:
What Next for Argentina?
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute
February 2004
Testimony:
Statement to the Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute
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
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
Op-ed published in the Financial Times
August 16, 2001
Books
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
Policy Briefs
05-2:
After Argentina
[pdf]
by Anna Gelpern, Peterson Institute
September 2005
Speeches, Testimony, Papers
The Way Forward in Latin America
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
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
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
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
November 2005
Global Economic Prospects: Growth Slowing Below Potential in 2006
[pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute
Presentation at the eighth semiannual meeting on Global Economic Prospects
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
September 12, 2005
Reform of the International Monetary Fund
[pdf]
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute
Testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
June 7, 2005
Global Economic Prospects: Slower But Still Solid Growth in 2005; Worries About Growth and Inflation for 2006
[pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute
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
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
Presentation at "Global Economic Forecasts"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
April 1, 2004
Statement to the Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute
Hearing on the Argentine Financial Crisis
United States Senate
Washington, DC
March 10, 2004
Revised March 22, 2004
Argentina: Let's Move Forward
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute
Letter to the editor in the Financial Times
February 9, 2004
What Next for Argentina?
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute
February 2004
The Washington Consensus as Policy Prescription for Development
[pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
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
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
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
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
Guest column for the Inter-American Development Daily
March 12, 2002
What Should the Bank Think about the Washington Consensus?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Paper prepared as a background to the World Bank's World Development Report 2000
July 1999
Op-eds
Bullying Latin America
by Eric Farnsworth, Council of the Americas
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun
August 2, 2007
The Poor Need a Stake in Developing Countries
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Op-ed from the Financial Times
April 7, 2003
Brazil Needs Help
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute
Op-ed from the Financial Times
June 25, 2002
No More for Argentina
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute
Op-ed published in the Financial Times
August 16, 2001
Essential Reading Items
Working Paper 03-1:
Debt Sustainability, Brazil, and the IMF
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute
February 2003
Speech:
Did the Washington Consensus Fail?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Outline of speech at the Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, DC
November 6, 2002
Policy Brief 02-7:
Is Brazil Next?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
August 2002
Op-ed:
Brazil's Unwatched Borrowing
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute
Op-ed from the Financial Times
August 27, 2002
Speech:
US-Brazil Trade Relations in a New Era
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
To be published in O Brasil e os Estados Unidos num Mundo em Mutação
edited by Paulo Roberto de Almeida and Rubens Antonio Barbosa
November 2003
Books
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
Policy Briefs
02-7:
Is Brazil Next?
[pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
August 2002
Working Papers
03-1:
Debt Sustainability, Brazil, and the IMF
[pdf]
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute
February 2003
Speeches, Testimony, Papers
The Way Forward in Latin America
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
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
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
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
November 2005
Global Economic Prospects: Growth Slowing Below Potential in 2006
[pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute
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
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
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
Presentation at "Global Economic Forecasts"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
April 1, 2004
The Washington Consensus as Policy Prescription for Development
[pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Lecture for the series "Practitioners of Development"
The World Bank
Washington, DC
January 13, 2004
US-Brazil Trade Relations in a New Era
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
To be published in O Brasil e os Estados Unidos num Mundo em Mutação
edited by Paulo Roberto de Almeida and Rubens Antonio Barbosa
November 2003
A Global Growth Rebound: How Strong for How Long?
[pdf]
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute
Paper at the Global Economic Prospects conference
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
September 9, 2003
Did the Washington Consensus Fail?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
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
Chapter 2 from Latin American Adjustment: How Much Has Happened?
Edited by John Williamson. Published April 1990.
November 2002
What Should the Bank Think about the Washington Consensus?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Paper prepared as a background to the World Bank's World Development Report 2000
July 1999
Global Aftershocks: Lessons from Asia/Russia/Brazil
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
Paper for the San Francisco Committee on Foreign Relations
May 4, 1999
Progress and Prospects: A Simple Framework and Review of the IMF Programs of Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, and Thailand
by Catherine L. Mann, Peterson Institute
Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
United States Senate
Washington, DC
March 9, 1999
The Outlook for US- Brazilian Trade and Investment Under FTAA: Some Lessons from NAFTA
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
and Barbara Oegg, Peterson Institute
Paper for "Brazil as an Export Economy"
St. Anthony's College, Oxford
December 7, 1998
Op-eds
Bullying Latin America
by Eric Farnsworth, Council of the Americas
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun
August 2, 2007
The Poor Need a Stake in Developing Countries
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Op-ed from the Financial Times
April 7, 2003
Brazil's Unwatched Borrowing
by Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute
Op-ed from the Financial Times
August 27, 2002
Essential Reading Items
Article:
Challenges to the Free Trade Area of the Americas
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
Article published in Economic Perspectives
An electronic journal of the US Department of State
Vol. 7, No. 3
October 2002
Working Paper 03-7:
Labor Standards and the Free Trade Area of the Americas
by Kimberly Ann Elliott, Peterson Institute
August 2003
Books
Free Trade Agreements: US Strategies and Priorities
edited by Jeffrey J. Schott
April 2004
Prospects for Free Trade in the Americas
by Jeffrey J. Schott
August 2001
Policy Briefs
04-2:
Labor Standards, Development, and CAFTA
[pdf]
by Kimberly Ann Elliott, Peterson Institute
March 2004
Working Papers
03-7:
Labor Standards and the Free Trade Area of the Americas
[pdf]
by Kimberly Ann Elliott, Peterson Institute
August 2003
02-4:
Towards a Sustainable FTAA: Does Latin America Meet the Necessary Financial Preconditions?
[pdf]
by Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Peterson Institute
July 2002
Speeches, Testimony, Papers
Does the FTAA Have a Future?
[pdf]
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
November 2005
Does the FTAA Have a Future?
[pdf]
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
November 2005
The Prospects for Deeper North American Economic Integration: A US Perspective
[pdf]
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
and Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
January 2004
Challenges to the Free Trade Area of the Americas
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
Article published in Economic Perspectives
An electronic journal of the US Department of State
Vol. 7, No. 3
October 2002
What Should the Bank Think about the Washington Consensus?
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Paper prepared as a background to the World Bank's World Development Report 2000
July 1999
The Outlook for US- Brazilian Trade and Investment Under FTAA: Some Lessons from NAFTA
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
and Barbara Oegg, Peterson Institute
Paper for "Brazil as an Export Economy"
St. Anthony's College, Oxford
December 7, 1998
The Future of Regional Trading Arrangements in the Western Hemisphere
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
and Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute
Paper for Michigan State University 10th Anniversary Conference
"The US-Canada Free Trade Agreement"
September 11-12, 1998
The Free Trade Area of the Americas: US Interests and Objectives
by Jeffrey J. Schott, Peterson Institute
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade Committee on Ways and Means
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC
July 22, 1997
Op-eds
Bullying Latin America
by Eric Farnsworth, Council of the Americas
and Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute
Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun
August 2, 2007