Outlook for Venezuela’s Economy: 2009 and Beyond

The Americas Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion: Outlook for Venezuela’s Economy: 2009 and Beyond

Panelists

José Manuel Puente
Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy
Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administración (IESA)
Caracas, Venezuela

Roberto Sifón Arévalo
Director, Sovereign Ratings Group
Standard & Poor's

Miguel Angel Santos
Adjoint Professor, Center of Finance
Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Administración (IESA)
Caracas, Venezuela

This event will examine Venezuela’s economic outlook in the immediate and mid-term. Potential issues to be covered include the macroeconomic policies of the government of Venezuela in the face of the global downturn, the effects of declining revenue flow from oil exports, projections for state and private finance, the outlook for foreign and domestic investment, and projections for the energy sector.