Brookings Event: Economic Growth Strategies for Developing Countries in an Era of Global Uncertainty

U.S. Newswire, April, 2008

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, 1-202-797-6105

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Brookings Institution:

A Hamilton Project Discussion with the Commission on Growth & Development

Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

Since 1950, only 12 countries have managed to grow at rates in excess of 7 percent for 25 years or more. Many more countries--in places as diverse as Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East-- have managed high growth rates for shorter periods, only to see that growth falter. What have we learned about what drives growth? What hinders it? What should countries...

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