54th Annual Meeting of the Ifo Institute
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2003
in: ifo Schnelldienst, 2003, 56, Nr. 13, 7-12
On 24 June 2003 the Ifo Institute held its 54th Annual Meeting in Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft in Munich. The public part was moderated by the chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Prof. Wilhelm Simson. Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn, President of the Ifo Institute, presented the latest Ifo economic forecast. Then, Prof. Eduardo Aninat, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, standing in for IMF Managing Director Dr. Horst Köhler who was called away on official business, spoke on "A Cooperative Approach to Strengthening Global Growth". The lecture and the forecast are printed in this issue. The event was continued with short presentations of selected studies by Ifo and CESifo researchers and awards for outstanding work in the past year.