Between Academia and Public Service

In this webinar, YSI and Professor Carlota Pérez welcome José Antonio Ocampo to discuss his experience as both an academic and policymaker.

José Ocampo is a Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs and Member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. He has been UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and in his country, Colombia, Minister of Finance on two occasions, Minister of Agriculture, Director of the National Planning and Member of the Board of Directors of the central bank. He is also a member and has been Chair of the Committee for Development Policy of ECOSOC and of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT). He has published extensively on macroeconomic theory and policy, international financial issues, economic and social development, international trade, and Colombian and Latin American economic history.

In the second half, the floor will be open for the audience to interact with him and derive lessons about the challenges and satisfactions of working in policymaking.