EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 1998
M.Sc. in Economics and Information Technology, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 1994

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:

Director of the Institute for Advanced Development Studies, La Paz, Bolivia, since February 2006.
Responsibilities: To build a world class development research institution.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE:

Chief Economist at Grupo Integral, La Paz, Bolivia, 2003-2006.

Coordinator of the 2006 Regional Human Development Report on Conservation and Development in Bolivia, United Nations Development Program, La Paz, Bolivia, January-October 2005.

Chief Economist at the Institute for Socio-Economic Research at the Catholic University of Bolivia, 1998-2003.

Founding editor of the Latin American Journal of Economic Development.

Has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, United Nations (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, OMS), the Inter-American Development Bank, the German Development Bank, the Andean Development Bank, the Bolivian Ministry of Sustainable Development, the Bolivian Ministry of Education, Kiel Institute for World Economics, the North-South Institute, among others. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Spring 2006: 
Teaching the course “Human Capital” (in Spanish) at the Master of Economic Development program at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, La Paz, Bolivia.

Fall 2005:
Teaching “Human Development” and “Inequality” (in Spanish) at a diploma course for public sector employees at the Universidad Privada Boliviana, La Paz, Bolivia. Outstanding teaching evaluations.

Fall 2004:
Teaching “Microeconometrics” (in Spanish) at a Grupo Integral capacitation course, La Paz, Bolivia. Excellent teaching evaluations.

Fall 1996:
Teaching the project course “Environmental Econometrics” at the Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Fall 1994:
Teaching “Advanced Macroeconomics” as Visiting Professor at Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Public Administration (KIMEP), Almaty, Kazakhstan.

PUBLICATIONS:

See list of publications.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

- Global Development Network (GDN)
- Latin American and Carribean Economics Association (LACEA).
- Econometric Society

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in English, Danish and Spanish. 
Intermediate level French. 
Basic German and Portuguese.

OTHER:

- Married with three children (Natasha, Kamila, Raphaela).
- Brown belt in Karate.

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