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30 May 2010
PERU: IMF Chief Praises Garcia For 2010 Projected 5-7% Growth.
MERCOPRESS/ "Peru's economic policies enforced in recent years are correct, and that is the reason why the country survived the last international financial crisis without suffering great consequences” gushed IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn about President Alan Garcia's management. ”Peru's international reserves (of more than 35 billion US dollars) are extraordinary, and we estimate an economic growth of 5 to 7% this year; it is a high and significant figure," he went on.