PhD in Economic History from London School of Economics & Pol. Science. Postdoc researcher at the Univ. of the Andes. He has been a visiting professor at the Pompeu Fabra Univ. (Barcelona) and Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Tadeo Lozano University (Bogotá)
A popular idea in economics holds that poor countries tend to grow faster than rich countries. Therefore, the world's economies eventually converge in their income levels. However, historical experiences of convergence have been bitter.
The Andean Development Corporation celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. After the upset caused among several Latin American governments by the appointment of Mauricio Claver-Carone as president of the Inter-American Development Bank, CAF has more reason to celebrate.
