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How Latvia Recovered From the Crisis

  • October 5, 2012

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  • 05:36

Latvia was hit particularly hard by the global economic crisis. Today, however, it is one of the fastest growing economies in the European Union. How did Latvia overcome the crisis? And does its experience hold any lessons for other economies?

  • Mark Griffiths, Former IMF mission chief for Latvia
  • Pauls Raudseps, Commentator weekly magazine "Ir"
  • Ilmars Rimsevics, Governor of the Bank of Latvia
  • Giancarlo Corsetti, Professor of Macroeconomics at Cambridge University