 Rodrigo Suescun is Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Office of the Chief Economist (LCRCE) of the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Before joining the Bank he worked at the Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE) of the Universidad de los Andes where he was also Professor of macroeconomics in the graduate school. He was Director of the Financial and Monetary Affairs Department at the Banco de la República, Colombia’s central bank, and Senior Economist in its research department.
Mr. Suescún received a B.A. degree from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, where he studied economics. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Primary interests include public finance, optimal policy design, macroeconomics in an intertemporal, general equilibrium framework.
Contact information: RSuescun@worldbank.org
Recent papers:
 Trade Structure, Trade Policy and Economic Policy Options in Central America (with G. Perry and D. Lederman), Paper available, (2002) PDF
Trade for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (with D. de Ferranti, D. Lederman and G. Perry) (324K PDF)
Recent Publications:
“Implicaciones del Euro para la Comunidad Andina de Naciones” in Emergencia del Euro y sus Implicaciones para América Latina y el Caribe, by H. Escaith and C. Quenan, Serie Macroeconomía del Desarrollo #20, ECLAC, 2003s
“Petróleo, Vulnerabilidad de la Economía Colombiana y Políticas de Estabilización” (with S. Montenegro and R. Pardo) in Propuestas para una Colombia Competitiva, by S. Montenegro and R. Steiner, Bogotá, Colombia: CAF-CEDE-HARVARD-ALFAOMEGA, 2002s
“Impuestos a las Transacciones: Implicaciones sobre el Bienestar y el Crecimiento,” Planeación y Desarrollo, 32, (October-December 2001)s
“Optimal Commodity Price Stabilization over the Business Cycle,” Borradores Semanales de Economía, 154, (August 2000)
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