Ricardo Zapata-Marti
Bio
ECONOMIST, Chief, International Trade Unit,
Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean Professionally trained in International Relations (El Colegio
de México, 1967-68), and Economics with a specialization in Economic Integration
(Universidad Católica del Perú, 1970-72).
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, the 17 February, 1947. Mexican nationality since 1953.
Married to María Mercedes Bueno Carrera, has two children: Ricardo Gonzalo, born
in Mexico City in 1969, and Maria Victoria, born in Lima, Peru in 1971. Spanish
is his mother tongue but has complete command of English and French, both orally
and written. Made part of his elementary education in Argentina, France and
Mexico. Finished his primary schooling at The Mexico City School (Mexico, 1960);
and high school at the Escuela Secundaria y Preparatoria de la Ciudad de México
(1966), institution to which he is linked as a member of the Board and Treasurer.
Professionally he was worked as editor and researcher at the Special Projects
Department of the Mexico office of the a major international editorial house
(1968-1969); Assistant researcher, Economics Department, Universidad Católica
del Perú (1972-73); Assistant professor, Economics Department, same institution
(1972-73); Lecturer on Macroeconomic Theory and International Trade, Universidad
Católica de Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1974-75); Columnist and editor, "El Comercio"
daily newspaper, Quito (Ecuador) (1973-1975); contributor and executive editor,
"Vistazo" weekly newsmagazine, Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1974-1975).
Since 1975 he joined the staff of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean, where he has worked at the Joint ECLAC/FAO
Agricultural Division (Santiago, Chile), 1976-81; Trade Officer, Subregional
Office for the Caribbean (Trinidad y Tabago), 1981-83; Economic Affairs Officer,
Join ECLAC/FAO Agriculture Unit, subregional Headquarters in Mexico 1983-1987and
since 1987 to date, Chief, International Trade Unit at the same office. In that
capacity he has represented ECLAC at numerous events, conferences and
intergovernmental meetings. Has been responsible for several interdisciplinary
research projects at the Subregional Headquarters, and conducted numerous
expert-group meetings on issues such as trade, competitivity, integration,
tourism, small and medium size enterprises. Has taken part in numerous training
activities in Central America and the Caribbean, among them five regional
courses on integration for Central American officials, jointly with SELA (Latin
American Economic System), in the framework of a co-operation project of the G3
countries, funded by the Mexican government.
Has participated in a number of conferences, symposia, seminars, on trade issues
and on the valuation and socio-economic impact of natural disasters. Among the
latter he attended the United Nations World Conference on Natural Disaster
Reduction, held in Yokohama, Japan, in 1994, and the International Forum that
took place at the end of the International Decade for the Reduction of Natural
Disasters (Geneva, July 1999).
Academic
Background
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International Relations, El Colegio de México,
1967-68
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Economics with a specialization in Economic
Integration, Universidad Católica del Perú, 1970-72
Areas
of Expertise
Present
Position (s)
Previous
Position (s)
Other
Activities and Memberships
Publications
Numerous journalistic contributions from 1973 to
1976. Was in charge of the economic affairs page in Diario El Comercio de Quito,
Ecuador. As a United Nations staff member, he has contributed to a large number
of technical documents and official papers. Has published articles in
specialized magazines. A non-exhaustive list of writings on economic
matters and international trade includes:
- Situación de la producción y comercio de
granos básicos y oleaginosas en América Latina y Situación de la producción y
comercio de Carne, Leche y Derivados en América Latina (technical documents
presented to the Latin American Economic System (SELA), prepared with the FAO
Regional Office for Latin America (1979).
- La agricultura campesina en México (ECLAC
internal document, 1979).
- La agricultura andina y la disponibilidad de
alimentos y productos agrícolas (presented to the Andean Pact Junta, 1980).
- Evaluación de la situación de la agricultura
en el Pacto Andino (presented to the Fourth Meeting of Agriculture Ministers,
Andean Pact, 1980).
- National Trade Operations and Procedure Guide
(documents dealing with the trade regimes in the countries of the Caribbean,
presented to the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), CDCC/TPC/83/1
to 20, September 1983).
- Trade Procedures and Trade Facilitation (CDCC/TPC/83/22,
7 October 1983).
- La comercialización internacional de los
productos tradicionales de agroexportación en Centroamérica: sus modalidades
de comercialización, los precios y su evolución (1984).
- Relaciones económicas de México con los países
miembros del CAME, Comercio Exterior review of the Banco Nacional de Comercio
Exterior, Mexico 1984.
- Relaciones económicas entre México y
Centroamérica (Internal document, 1986).
- Alternativas de negociación sobre productos
básicos entre el Istmo Centroamericano y la Comunidad Económica Europea (LC/MEX/R.125/Rev.1
(SEM-25/2), 5 October 1988).
- Integración y desarrollo equilibrado (Lecture
for the First Seminar on Integration, Central America- European Community,
organized by the European Public Administration Institute, Maastricht,
November 1988).
- Evaluación preliminar de la cooperación de la
Comunidad Económica Europea a los países del Istmo Centroamericano (LC/MEX/R.162,
May 1989). Presented to the technical phase of the yearly Ministerial
Conference ("San Jose Dialogue) of the European Community and the Central
American countries.
- Evolución de la integración económica
centroamericana, 1985-1987 (LC/MEX/R.166, 9 June 1989) /
- Los retos de la apertura externa y la
inserción en las corrientes mundiales de comercio (1990)
- Estado actual de la cooperación entre las
Comunidades Europeas y los países del Istmo Centroamericano (LC/MEX/R.238, 25
de junio de 1990). Presented to the technical phase of the yearly Ministerial
Conference ("San Jose Dialogue) of the European Community and the Central
American countries.
- La integración centroamericana: su evolución
desde los años setenta y perspectivas en los noventa (LC/MEX/R.271/Rev.1, 19
April 1991).
- Evaluación preliminar de la Ronda Uruguay
desde la perspectiva de los países centroamericanos (LC/MEX/R.286, 10 May
1991).
- Elementos para evaluar los efectos en
Centroamérica del régimen que la Comunidad Económica Europea ha otorgado a los
países andinos (LC/MEX/R.289, 20 May 1991).
- Apreciaciones acerca de la cooperación entre
las Comunidades Europeas y los países del Istmo Centroamericano (LC/MEX/R.295,
28 May 1991). Presented to the technical phase of the yearly Ministerial
Conference ("San Jose Dialogue) of the European Community and the Central
American countries. October 1990.
- Relaciones económicas entre Centroamérica y
México (Nota de la Secretaría) (LC/MEX/R.330 (SEM.49/2), 15 November 1991).
- Liberalización agrícola y negociaciones del
GATT (prepared for a series of national seminars on the Uruguay Round of the
GATT, organized jointly with UNCTAD as part of project CAM/90/008, November
1991).
- Las negociaciones sobre liberalización
agrícola en la Ronda Uruguay del GATT: perspectiva de Centroamérica (Internal
document, 1992): Perfil de la integración centroamericana (LC/MEX/R.341, 2
March 1992)
- Integración centroamericana: recopilación de
documentos básicos y de las declaraciones presidenciales (LC/MEX/3.343, March
1992) / Elementos para el avance en las negociaciones México-Centroamérica
(LC/MEX/R.355, 10 June 1992).
- Análisis preliminar del Acuerdo en las
negociaciones del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (Internal
document , 31 August 1992) .
- Los servicios en los esquemas de integración:
algunas consideraciones y opciones para Centroamérica (with David Díaz, UNCTAD)
(LC/MEX/R.448 (SEM.61/2), 23 November 1993).
- Globalización: modernidad y desarrollo (in
Problemas del desarrollo, quarterly publication of the Instituto de
Investigaciones Económicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, vol.XXV,
January-March 1994).
- Economic Relations between the Caribbean
Countries and Central America: Some Proposals for Increased Cooperation
(Internal document, 4 February de 1994) (prepared for its presentation at the
XXIV Session of ECLAC, Cartagena, April 1994).
- Opciones de Centroamérica en sus relaciones
comerciales con México: oportunidad y retos, in Integración Latinoamericana,
Monthly Review of INTAL, March April 1994 (19, no.198-199).
- La conclusión de la Ronda Uruguay: resultados
e implicaciones (with Alberto Gabriele), in Comercio Exterior, Banco Nacional
de Comercio Exterior, June 1994 (vol.44, no.6).
- La puesta en práctica del Tratado de Libre
Comercio de Norteamérica (internal document, July 1994). Contribution to the
document Centroamérica y el TLCAN: efectos inmediatos e implicaciones futuras
(LC/MEX/R.494 (SEM.68/3), 14 October 1994, LC/MEX/L.265, 17 April 1995).
- Las relaciones comerciales de Centroamérica
frente a los nuevos esquemas de cooperación, integración y comercio (LC/MEX/R.502,
15 December 1994).
- Centroamérica y el TLCAN: efectos inmediatos e
implicaciones futuras, study coordinated by Juan Alberto Fuentes, and the
contribution of Ricardo Zapata, Claudia Schatan and Rudolf Buitelaar (LC/MEX/L.265,
18 May 1995).
- Las exportaciones centroamericanas a Estados
Unidos, 1990-1994 (with Enrique Dussel Peters). inComercio Exterior, Banco
Nacional de Comercio Exterior, April 1996 (vol.46, no.4).
- La integración hemisférica: el grado de
preparación en el Istmo Centroamericano y la República Dominicana, coordinated
by Juan Alberto Fuentes, and the contribution of Eduardo Lizano, Jose Manuel
Salazar, Boris Segura, Hubert Escaith, Alberto Gabriele, Ricardo Zapata, Pablo
Serrano, Claudia Schatan y Rudolf Buitelaar (LC/MEX/L.305, July 1996).
- De la geopolítica a la geconomía: tendencias y
perspectivas de la regionalización, Instituto Matías Romero, Lecture for the
Masters programme in diplomatic studies, 7 June 1997.
- Reflexiones sobre las propuestas de CEPAL en
torno al comercio y desarrollo, Revista Economía Teoría y Práctica,
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Mexico, Nueva Epoca, no. 10, 1999
- Dilemas y retos futuros: la inserción
internacional en el nuevo siglo, paper presented at a Roundtable at a
Symposium on Costa Rica and the World: the Next Fifty Years, organized by the
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, 23-25 March, 1998, in print.
- El Regionalismo Abierto, una opción para
América Latina, paper presented at a Roundtable at a Symposium on Costa Rica
and the World: the Next Fifty Years, organised by the Universidad Nacional de
Costa Rica, Heredia, 23-25 March, 1998, in print.
- Reflexiones sobre las propuestas de la CEPAL
en torno al comercio y desarrollo (Chapter five of the book: Nuevas
dimensiones de la integración – Del TLCAN al regionalismo hemisférico), Germán
A. De la Reza, Raúl Conde Hernándes, coordinators, Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana y Plaza y Valdés Editores, México, 1999.
- “Un análisis del Tratado de Libre Comercio
entre el Triángulo del Norte y México”, with Esteban Pérez, Enrique Cortés and
Manuel Villalobos (LC/MEX/L.484, LC/L.1605-P), printed as no. 3 of new Serie
estudios y perspectivas, UN – ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters in Mexico,
October 2001.
- “Pasado, presente y futuro del proceso de
integración centroamericano” , with Esteban Pérez, (LC/MEX/L.500, LC/MEX/L.1643-P),
printed as no. 6 of the new Serie estudios y perspectivas, UN – ECLAC,
Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, November 2001.
On the subject of the valuation
and economic and social impact of natural disasters
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Macroeconomic Effects of Natural Disasters in
Latin America and the Caribbean(with J. Roberto Jovel) (Submitted to the
Regional Science Association International North America Meeting, Houston,
November 1993)
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The Impacts of Natural Disasters on Developing
Economies: Implications for the International Development and Disaster
Community (with Rómulo Caballeros Otero, 19 May 1994, presented to a technical
session on the economic aspects of natural disaster reduction and sustainable
development organized by the World Bank and the United States National Academy
of Sciences, as part of the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction,
Yokohama, 23-27 May 1994) (INT.05-94, 27 September 1994)
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Methodological approaches: the ECLAC Methodology,
presentation made at an expert consultation organised by the Centre for
Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), European Commission
Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and the University of Louvain (Brussels, 29-30
September 1997), printed in Assessment of the Economic Impact of Natural and
Man-Made Disasters, Department of Health, Catholic University of Louvain,
1998.
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Los efectos de los desastres naturales:
implicaciones para el desarrollo económico y social desde la perspectiva de
los países lationamericanos (Mexico, 13 October 1994).
Has co-authored several
special reports resulting from ECLAC missions to evaluate the impact of
natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, among these:
Daños causados por el terremoto de México y sus
repercusiones sobre la economía del país(LC/G.1367, 1985)
El terremoto de San Salvador en 1986: Daños,
repercusiones y ayuda requerida(LC/MEX/L.39/Rev.1 o LC/G.1443, 21 November
1986)
El
maremoto de septiembre de 1992 en Nicaragua y su efecto sobre el desarrollo(LC/MEX/L.209
y LC/L.708, 24 September 1992)
The
Macro-Economic Effects and Reconstruction Requirements Following Hurrican Luis
in the Island of Anguilla (LC/MEX/L.289 y LC/CAR/L.462, 5 December 1995)
The
Macro-Economic Effects and Reconstruction Requirements Following Hurricanes
Luis and Marilyn in Sint Maarten, Nethrerlands Antilles(LC/MEX/L.290 y
LC/CAR/L.463, 30 de enero de 1996)
Efectos
de los daños ocasionados por el huracán César sobre el desarrollo de Costa
Rica en 1996(LC/MEX/L.312, 27 September 1996).
Los
efectos de huracán César sobre el desarrollo de Nicaragua en 1996(LC/MEX/L.316,
15 October 1996). Ecuador: evaluación de los efectos socio-económicos del
fenómeno de El Niño en 1997-1998(LC/R.1822 y LC/MEX/R.657, 22 June 1998)
El
fenómeno El Niño en Costa Rica durante 1997-1998; evaluación de su impacto y
necesidades de rehabilitación, mitigación y prevención ante las alteraciones
climáticas (LC/MEX/L.363), 3 November 1998.
República Dominicana: Evaluación de los daños ocasionados por el huracán
Georges, 1998; sus implicaciones para el desarrollo del país (LC/MEX/L.365), 4
December 1998.
Honduras: Assessment of the damage caused by hurricane Mitch, 1998;
implications for economic and social development and for the environment (LC/MEX/L.367,
14 April 1999).
El
Salvador: Assessment of the damage caused by hurricane Mitch; implications for
economic and social development and for the environment (LC/MEX/L.371) 21
April 1999.
Central
America: Assessment of the damage caused by hurricane Mitch; implications for
economic and social develñopment and for the environment ( LC/MEX/L.375), 21
May 1999).
América
Latina y el Caribe: El impacto de los desastres naturales en el desarrollo,
1972-1999 (LC/MEX/R.701), 21 April 1999. El terremoto de enero de 1999 en
Colombia; impacto socioeconómico del desastre en la zona del Eje Cafetero (LC/MEX/L.374),
27 April, 1999.
Los
efectos socioeconómicos de las inundaciones y deslizamientos en Venezuela en
1999 (LC/MEX/L.421), 14 February 2000.
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