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Joint Conference by the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department and the Swedish Ministry of Finance, 7-8 May 2012 in Stockholm.

The conference "Fiscal Consolidation Programs and Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks" will bring together policy-makers, practitioners, and academics from around the world to review current fiscal programs, discuss options, and propose solutions. In particular, the conference will focus on designing and implementing medium-term plans that restore fiscal sustainability while promoting broad-based economic growth.

Among the participants are Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, who will deliver the opening keynote speech, as well as IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton and IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Director Carlo Cottarelli.