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El consenso latinoamericano 2020

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José Antonio Ocampo

La crisis del covid-19 ha afectado en forma dramática a América Latina. La región se ha convertido en el epicentro de la pandemia y experimentará una contracción de la actividad económica superior al 9 %. No es solo la peor recesión de su historia, sino también la peor en el mundo después de la de Europa occidental. Como resultado de ello, la Cepal estima que los niveles de pobreza aumentarán del 30 al 36 % de la población, es decir, afectará a 36 millones adicionales de latinoamericanos.

About the Author

José Antonio Ocampo
Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University and former Minister of Finance of Colombia
Columbia University

Jose Antonio Ocampo is a Professor of Professional Practice in the School of International and Public Affairs and former Minister of Finance of Colombia. He is also a Fellow of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. Prior to his appointment at Columbia, Professor Ocampo served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and head of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), as Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and has held a number of high-level posts in the Government of Colombia, including Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Director of the National Planning Department, and Minister of Agriculture . Professor Ocampo is author or editor of over 30 books and has published over 200 scholarly articles on macroeconomic theory and policy, international financial issues, economic development, international trade, and Colombian and Latin American economic history.

Publication Information

Type Network Paper
Program -
Posted 08/16/20
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