 Specialization: Mr. Braga specializes in debt relief and debt management, fiscal sustainability, growth diagnostics, international trade, intellectual property rights, trade in services, multilateral trade negotiations and the WTO. Languages:
Portuguese, English, Spanish Carlos A. Primo Braga, a Brazilian national, is the Special Representative and Director for Europe, External Affairs (EXT) Vice-Presidency, The World Bank. In this capacity he supervises the World Bank’s External Affairs (EXT) offices in Europe: Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, London, Paris and Rome. EXT’s overall mandate is to increase understanding of and support for the World Bank Group’s mission both at the global and country levels, and to leverage the World Bank Group's development impact through effective communication, advocacy, and diplomacy. Before assuming this position he was Director, Economic Policy and Debt, in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM), The World Bank (2008-10). In 2010, he was also the Acting Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group and Acting Executive Secretary of the Development Committee. Mr. Braga’s previous responsibilities at the World Bank have included: Head, International Policy and Partnerships Group, PREM, anchoring strategic relationships with key shareholder groupings (e.g., G7/8, G20, G24, APEC, ASEM) and with institutions such as the IMF, Commonwealth Secretariat and OECD; Senior Adviser of the International Trade Department (2003-06), responsible for dialogue on international trade issues with European-based institutions, including the OECD, the European Commission, UNCTAD and the WTO; Senior Manager of the Informatics Program at the Information Solutions Group (2001-03). He was also the Director of the Development Gateway -- a web-based initiative for sharing information on development-related topics. From 1997 to 2001, he was the Manager of infoDev (the Information for Development Program), a multi-donor grant facility.
His most recent publications include: Sovereign Debt and the Financial Crisis: Will This Time Be Different?, co-editor with G.A. Vincelette. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2010; Innovation and Growth: Chasing a Moving Frontier, co-editor with V. Chandra, D. Erocal, and P.C. Padoan. Paris: OECD, 2009; Debt Relief and Beyond, co-editor with D. Doemeland. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009; The WTO and Accession Countries, 2 vols, co-editor with O. Cattaneo. Edward Elgan Publishing, 2009; Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response,, co-editor with B. Hoekman and W. Martin. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009. Prior to joining the Bank (1991), Mr. Braga served as a consultant to the Organization of American States (OAS; 1990). He was a Fulbright Scholar (1988/89) at the Paul Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University where he also taught as a visiting professor (1988-98). Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics, University of São Paulo and Senior Researcher at FIPE, São Paulo, Brazil. He also served as a lecturer on the economics of intellectual property rights at the World Trade Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland in the 1990s. Mr. Braga received a degree in Mechanical Engineering (1976) from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (Brazil), and an MSc (1980) in Economics from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a PhD (1984) in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. January 2011 |
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