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In Conversation with... Guillermo Perry

30 October 2006 17:00-18:00 (GMT+00) - Public event, London

  • At this event, Guillermo Perry and Andrew Lawson discussed two new World Bank reports which Mr. Perry helped to co-author.

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    Speakers:
    Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, World Bank
    Andrew Lawson, Research Fellow, ODI

     

  • An ODI public event.

At this event, Guillermo Perry and Andrew Lawson discussed two new World Bank reports which Mr. Perry helped to co-author:

They also discussed general trajectories for the region and the World Bank’s work there.

The ‘conversational’ style of this event facilitated a lively and interactive conversation between both the interviewer, interviewee and the audience.

Guillermo Perry has been Chief Economist of the Latin America and Caribbean Region at the World Bank since 1996. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Perry served in several senior policy-making positions in his native country, Colombia, including that of Minister of Finance and Public Credit; Minister of Mining and Energy; and Director of the General Directorate of National Taxes. He also served as a member of the Constitutional Assembly and of the Senate of the Republic. He was the Director of two of Colombia’s leading economic think-tanks (Fedesarrollo and CEDE) and has been professor at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional de Colombia.