Federico Sturzenegger is the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation of Argentina, visiting professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and professor at the University of San Andrés (UdeSA) in Buenos Aires. He joined President Javier Milei’s administration in July 2024 with a mandate to reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies, streamline regulations, and foster economic liberalisation to enhance Argentina’s competitiveness. He was also President of the Central Bank of Argentina from 2015 to 2018. See his bio here.

Ann Bernstein, CDE’s executive director was in conversation with Professor Sturzenegger. The discussion focused on how deregulation has taken place and overall successes and challenges one year into Javier Milei’s presidency.

For nearly 30 years, CDE has influenced policy in South Africa’s democracy. We have established ourselves as a unique policy think tank and prominent public ‘voice’ promoting enterprise and development in South Africa and emerging markets. We have built a wide network throughout the country and with leading global experts and think tanks, especially in democratic developing countries.

CDE’s flagship project, AGENDA 2024: Priorities for South Africa’s new government, based on extensive policy work and collaboration with experts, business leaders, former public servants and academics, sets out to answer what is by far the most important question facing South Africa: What can a new government do to get the country back on track after 15 years of stagnation and decline? See related media statements here, the op-eds here and the first reports in the ACTION series, here