Ugo Panizza is the chief of the Debt and Finance Analysis Unit in the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies of UNCTAD. Prior to joining UNCTAD, Ugo was a senior economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (1998-2006). He also worked in the Africa Region of the World Bank (1995-1997) and was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics of the University of Torino and the Department of Economics of the American University of Beirut.

Ugo has published more than 50 papers in professional journals and edited volumes, and has published a book on public debt in Latin America. His research interests include international finance, banking, political economy, and public sector labor markets. Ugo holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Torino and a Ph. D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore). Ugo's paper and publications can be downloaded at: http://upanizza.googlepages.com/

 

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