The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Political Economy

Javier Santiso is a leading specialist on emerging markets and on Latin America in particular. He is a professor of economics at the ESADE Business School (Madrid) and director of the ESADE Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics He was formerly Director and Chief Economist at the OECD Development Centre. In 2009 he was recognized as one of the Young Global leaders by the World Economic Forum and in 2010 he was named one of the most influential intellectuals by Foreign Policy.

Jeff Dayton-Johnson is a development economist who has worked extensively on Latin America as well as other parts of the developing world. He is an associate professor of international trade and development at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. His published research covers many areas, including international migration, inequality, fiscal policy, natural disasters, foreign aid, social cohesion, cultural policy, irrigation, and local management of natural resources.

Javier Santiso, Professor of Economics, ESADE Business School, and Director, ESADE Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics (ESADEgeo).

Jeff Dayton-Johnson is the Head of the Development Centre's Latin America and Caribbean Desk, the principal activity of which is the Latin American Economic Outlook.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso is the former President of Brazil (1995-2002) and is currently President of the Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso (São Paulo, Brazil) and honorary President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).

Eduardo Graeff is the head of the State of São Paulo liaison office in Brasília. He was Chief Congressional Liaison Officer and General Secretary to the President of Brazil in Fernando Henrique Cardoso's administration (1995-2002).

Luis Carranza is Professor of Economics at the University of San Martin de Porres (USMP) and Director of the Competitiveness and Development Center at the USMP.

Andrés Velasco was the Minister of Finance of Chile between March 2006 and March 2010. During his tenure he was recognized as Latin American Finance Minister of the Year by several international publications.

Eric Parrado, Professor, Business School, Adolfo Ibáñez University, and international consultant. Former International Finance Coordinator, Ministry of Finance - Chile.

Luciano Coutinho, Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University (USA), President of Brazilian Development Bank, BNDES.

João Carlos Ferraz, Economist Executive Director of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). Professor (on leave) of the Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

André Nassif is professor of economics at the Federal Fluminense University (Universidade Federal Fluminense) and senior economist at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), Brazil.

Rafael Oliva, economist with PDH in Public Administration by Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV-SP/Brasil), was adviser to the president of BNDES between 2007 and 2010.

Martin Redrado is professor of International Economics at Catholic University of Buenos Aires Argentina (UCA). He is also partner at MR Financial Services.

Rosemary Thorp is Emeritus Reader in the Economics of Latin America at the University of Oxford, and research associate at the Latin American Centre and Queen Elizabeth House.

Paolo Spadoni PhD in Political Science from the University of Florida, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia.

Juan S. Blyde is currently a Senior Integration and Trade Economist at the Trade and Integration Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Antoni Estevadeordal is Manager of the Integration and Trade Sector (Vice-Presidency of Sectors and Knowledge) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since July 2007.

Mauricio Mesquita Moreira is Principal Economist and Research Coordinator of the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter?American Development Bank (IDB). He received a PhD in Economics from the University College London.

Barbara Stallings is William R. Rhodes Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. She is also the editor of Studies in Comparative International Development.

Kevin P. Gallagher, Associate Professor of International Relations and Graduate Faculty of Political Science. (BA, Northeastern University; MA, PhD, Tufts University)

Mariano Tommasi, PhD in Economics from University of Chicago, Professor of Economics at Universidad de San Andres in Argentina.

Carlos Scartascini holds a position as Lead Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. He holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. in Economics from George Mason University, and a Bachelor in Economics from Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina

Daniela Campello, PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University

Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo, Ph.D. from Columbia University, is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Christopher Balding, PhD from the University of California, Irvine in political economics, Assistant professor at the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School.

Stephen Haber is A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and

Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University.

Victor Menaldo is an assistant professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Washington.

Ben Ross Schneider is a Professor of Political Science at MIT and co-director of MIT-Brazil.

Laurence Whitehead is an Official Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Senior Fellow of the College

Carlos Elizondo is Professor of Political Science at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE, in Mexico City. He is member of several Governing Boards, including Conacyt and El Colegio de México.

Marcela Eslava is Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogotá. She holds a PhD degree from University of Maryland at College Park.

Christian Daude, Ph. D. in economics from the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay, is an economist at the OECD Development Centre.

Ángel Melguizo works as economist at the Americas Desk of the OECD Development Centre, contributing to the Latin American Economic Outlook. He also coordinates fiscal policy research at the Centre.

Sebastián Nieto Parra, PhD in Economics from Sciences Po, Paris. He is an economist at the OECD Development Centre.

Alejandro Micco, PhD in economics from Harvard University, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Researcher in Microdata Center both at University of Chile.

Pablo Egaña is an Instructor Professor in the Department of Economics and Researcher in Microdata Center, both at University of Chile.