Alejandro Gaviria
Alejandro Gaviria, the former Rector of the University of Los Andes, Colombia and Dean of School of Economics has published his research in the Journal of Development Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics among others. He was recently awarded the Juan Luis Londoño Medal of Honor, granted biannually to the most salient Colombian economist under 40.
His research work is on poverty and inequality, education, labor markets, and violence and crime.
Prior to his academic career, Gaviria served as Deputy Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia, as well as Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Higher Education and Development (Fedesarrollo), a private non-profit policy research centre, and as a Researcher at the Inter-American Development Bank.
Source: Lacea.org
