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Eric Parrado

Eric Parrado

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Eric Parrado is Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank.

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  1. Overcoming Political Short-Termism in Latin America
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    Overcoming Political Short-Termism in Latin America

    Jul 18, 2024 Eric Parrado envisions independent institutions empowered to devise and implement long-term development-related policies.

  2. Revolutionizing Public Services in Latin America
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    Revolutionizing Public Services in Latin America

    Feb 15, 2023 Benigno López & Eric Parrado show how governments can leverage growing internet access to reduce inequality and boost development.

  3. Ending Latin America’s Economic Malaise
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    Ending Latin America’s Economic Malaise

    Apr 28, 2021 Eric Parrado argues that the biggest obstacle to growth in the region lies in how its governments tax and spend.

  4. Latin America’s Triple Sudden Stop
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    Latin America’s Triple Sudden Stop

    Aug 12, 2020 Eric Parrado shows how pandemic-related disruptions to human mobility, trade, and capital flows have devastated the region.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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