On Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Center for Global Development hosted a launch event for their newest book, Growing Pains in Latin America: An Economic Growth Framework as Applied to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru. The book’s principal author and editor, CGD senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez, addressed the central issues posed in this book: Beyond the current global crisis, what can Latin American countries do to accelerate economic growth on a sustainable basis? How can policymakers address the fact that the benefits of market-oriented reforms have yet to reach important segments of the population?
