For instance, Kirchner’s Government plan to solve the problem of the property market which has long suffered under the Argentine Peso’s instability, so government want to improve the Central Bank’s foreign reserves, but it might hurt private investor in the market (Fausto, 2010).On the other hand, Kirchner’s Government plans to expand of import controls (Fausto, 2010), so the Kirchner government is likely continuing its policy to substitute imports for improving domestic economy. This may indirectly affect foreign import activity and international investment in Argentina.
Besides, government’s unfulfilled promise and confiscation action are emerging issues. Although President Kirchner devotes to implement the traditional policies of robust government spending on social programs, there is hard to see the effort and result. The criticisms consider it as “see the forest, but only see the trees” (Peter, 2013). Notably, Kirchner government had announced the re-nationalization of Spanish-owned Repsol's share in oil company YPF in April 2012; it might be a sign of government showing negative attitude to foreign investment (Fausto, 2010).
Conclusion
From the industry point of view, Argentina is a great market to enter. Consistent growth in mobile data usage has been reported, driven by the strong demand for new smartphones. Rising incomes and greater availability of credit also support the market's upwards direction and demand will not be notably reduced in the long-term. However,
According to this approach, in order to get IMF loans, any assisted country should go through reforms focused on the three major pillars of fiscal austerity, privatization and liberalization (Stiglitz, 2002, p. 53). During all the 90s, Argentina's economic policies were under the strict control of a supporting program established by IMF (IEO of IMF, 2003), so during the deep crisis happened between 1998 and 2002, IMF was already in charge with its approach. Throughout all this period, Argentina strictly applied the IMF formula and realized a number of structural reforms, "reducing budget and balance of payment deficits, raising interest rates, reducing inflation, privatizing state assets, and reducing trade barriers and regulation on capital flows in and out of the country" (Paddock, 2002, p. 158). This program did not produce the results expected by IMF. Instead, it produced recession and a strong dependence of Argentina's government on IMF loans to support its growing debt (Paddock, 2002). Primary economic and social indicators clearly show the sufferings of Argentina during that period: between 1998 and 2002, GDP passed from 292 billion dollars to 97 billion dollars (The World Bank, 2017), while unemployment grew from to 12.8% to 19.6% (The World Bank, 2017). Argentina stepped out of the crisis only after defaulting and devaluating, i.e. after
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