This report was published at IMF.gov in the World Economic Outlook at April 2012, and show us the real GDP growth in many countries around the world in 2011, but before the figures, there is a little report about Latin America with the title below, after, the GDP growth, in the first column, only Latin American countries and in the second,at first the country with the greatest GDP growth of 2011 of the world to one with the lowest GDP growth. The same in the L. A. countries list.
If you want to know more about how GDP growth is important to development and general progress of the population, you can read these reports.
1) Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Kazakhstan. At CITESEERX.IST.PSU.edu
2) Decline of Inequality and Poverty in Latin America. At Worldpress.org
3) Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries. At OECD.org
4) Does Economic Growth Reduce Poverty? At USAID.gov
Latin America : Watch out for Downdrafts.
Swings in risk aversion over the past six months led at first to a moderation of capital flows and exchanges rates. But, recently a renewal of capital flows and pressure on exchange rate. Policy tightening began to bear fruit, leading to stabilization of credit growth. Nonetheless, inflation is still above the midpoint of the target in many countries. Policymakers need to remain vigilant to possible downdrafts from Europe and updrafts from capital flows.
Real GDP Growth in 2011
Qatar 18.8%
Panama 10.6% Mongolia 17.3%
Argentina 8.9% China 9.2%
Ecuador 7.8% Turkey 8.5%
Peru 6.9% India 7.2%
Colombia 5.9% Russia 4.3%
Chile 5.9% Poland 4.3%
Uruguay 5.7% Sweden 4.0%
Bolivia 5.1% Germany 3.1%
Costa Rica 4.2% Canada 2.5%
Venezuela 4.2% USA 1.7%
Mexico 4.0% France 1.7%
Paraguay 3.8% Spain 0.7%
Brasil 2.7% UK 0.7%
Italy 0.4%
