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IDEA Launches 62nd Coloquio to Plot 20‑Year Growth Roadmap

Business leaders back the current reform agenda while pressing for durable fiscal rules, lower distortionary taxes and deeper capital markets to turn stabilization into sustained growth.

Overview

  • IDEA announced the 62nd Coloquio on Thursday, setting the conference for Sept. 30–Oct. 2 in Mar del Plata to focus on how Argentina can sustain two decades of growth.
  • Organizers built the agenda from a comparative study of seven long‑running growth cases and grouped sessions under four axes: Stability, The World, Competitiveness and Development.
  • The event overlaps the government’s Argentina Week in Paris so IDEA is arranging virtual participation for President Javier Milei and top ministers if they cannot attend in person.
  • CEOs publicly endorse many government reforms but demand stable institutions, fiscal discipline, cuts to distortionary provincial and municipal taxes, broader tax collection and a deeper domestic capital market to finance long projects.
  • IDEA warns that sustained 2–4% annual growth would create skilled labor shortages and greater demand for long‑term credit such as mortgages and project finance, stressing that policy continuity is key given Argentina’s history of reversals.