Juan Alberto Fuentes

Bio

Academic Background

  • PhD Economics – University of Sussex UK

  • Post-graduate studies in Political Science, Economics and International Relations – University of Geneva

  • M.A. in Economics – University of Toronto

  • B.A. of Arts (Economics) University of McGill

Areas of Expertise

  • Development studies

  • Trade policy

  • Fiscal policy

Present Position (s)

  • Coordinator of National Human Development Report, UNDP Guatemala

Previous Position (s)

  • Advisor on economic and social affairs

  • Economic Affairs Officer, UN ECLAC, Chile and Mexico

Other Activities and Memberships

Publications

  • “La dimensión económica de los Acuerdos de Paz en Guatemala” en A cinco años de la firma de la paz en Guatemala: un balance crítico, Serie Debate, Editorial FLACSO S.A., Guatemala, 2002.

  • “El regionalismo abierto y la integración económica”, Revista de la CEPAL, agosto de 1994.

  • “Apertura, pobreza y desigualdad: Guatemala” en E.Ganuza, R. Paes de Barros, L. Taylor y R. Vos eds., Liberalización, desigualdad y pobreza: América Latina y el Caribe en los 90s, Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2001

  • The Systemic Weakness of Guatemala´s competitiveness” en R. Buitelaar y P. Van Dijck eds. Latin America´s new Insertion in the World Economy, International Political Economy Series, McMillan, London 1995.

Current Research Projects
  • Human development, trade and CAFTA

Recommended Links

United Nations Program for Human Development - Guatemala
UNDP

Areas of Interest