A medida que las economías continúan recuperándose del shock del COVID-19, los gobiernos se están encontrando con la necesidad de realizar ajustes fiscales importantes para reestablecer la sostenibilidad de la deuda. En este contexto, el gran desafío consiste en diseñar planes fiscales que además de contribuir a sanear las finanzas públicas, puedan ser amigables al crecimiento … [Leer más...] about Los beneficios de proteger la inversión pública durante la consolidación fiscal
Alejandro Izquierdo
Alejandro Izquierdo is Deputy Director and Head of the Macro Group at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He previously held positions as interim Chief Economist and Manager of the Research Department, Regional Economic Advisor for Mexico and Central America, and Principal Economist across the IDB. Alejandro spearheaded the IDB’s Annual Macroeconomic Report for several years and is currently co-director of the Columbia University-IDB executive program on international financial issues in emerging markets. He has also led IDB’s flagship product, the Development in the Americas, on issues such as credit and public expenditure in Latin America. Before his career at the IDB, Alejandro worked at the World Bank in the Department of Economic Policy, and taught courses on macroeconomics and international finance at several Latin American universities. He has several publications in professional journals and edited volumes. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, an M.S. from Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
