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A recent agreement with the lender does little to solve underlying problems.

Argentine ambassador in Washington, Jorge Argüello has reported he received the visit of British economist Ben Kelmanson, appointed the new IMF Senior resident representative in Argentina, who will be involved in the delicate debt negotiations for the coming years.

ContentsForewordIntroductionIlan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy YeyatiThe Latin American pandemicIlan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy YeyatiSection I: Avoiding the next crisis“The pandemic can be used as a cover for wasteful spending”Laura Alfaro“QE in advanced economies does not provide a convincing argument for monetary financing in emerging ones”Roberto Chang

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America highlighted the challenge of long-standing fiscal and social deficits in a context of overstretched public sector resources. And it deepened a growing discontent with the economic status quo and the political system. A new CEPR eBook collects a series of conversations with distinguished Latin American researchers and

A former official at the International Monetary Fund said Argentina is "not going to pay" the Fund and any agreement between the two will be a "temporary Band-Aid" that will only delay a run on banks in the South American country.