[Mitai-announce] Fwd: Venezuela in Latin America: A Glimpse into the Chávez Era

[Anahita Maghami]

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    From: Lina Garcia <lmgarcia at MIT.EDU>
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 Subject: Venezuela in Latin America: A Glimpse into the Chávez Era
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Is Venezuela the next Cuba?
Where is socialism headed in Latin America?
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Join us for a talk with Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Professor Leonardo
Vivas and Dr. Dan Levy about the economic, political and social changes
in Venezuela and their impact in Latin America.

Wednesday, March 31, 5:30 pm
Green Building: 54-100

*Venezuela has experienced a tremendous transformation over the past
decade. The “21st Century Socialist Revolution” spearheaded by President
Hugo Chávez has redefined the political, social, military, and economic
pillars in the country and, increasingly, the region. The radicalization
of Latin American politics, the shift toward highly planned economies,
and the precarious interactions of the region with various players in
the world arena, have become increasingly relevant topics in the
international agenda. In this talk three experts with extensive
experience about Venezuela and Latin America will discuss their
perspectives on the effects of the Chávez era on the macroeconomic
development, political trends, regional conflict, and social cohesion in
both Venezuela and Latin America as a whole.
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Don't miss it!
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Don't miss it!

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About the Speakers:

Prof. Ricardo Hausmann is Director of the Center for International
Development and Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at
Harvard University. Previously, he served as the first Chief Economist
of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the
Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela
(1992-1993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of
Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the IMF-World Bank Development
Committee. He was Professor of Economics at the Instituto de Estudios
Superiores de Administracion (IESA) (1985-1991) in Caracas, where he
founded the Center for Public Policy. His research interests include
issues of growth, macroeconomic stability, international finance, and
the social dimensions of development. He holds a PhD in economics from
Cornell University.

Prof. Leonardo Vivas, is currently a fellow at the Carr Center for Human
Rights Policy at Harvard University and Coordinator of the Latin
American Initiative. He currently teaches Latin American Politics at
UMass-Lowell. He founded and for several years has led Latin Roots, an
organization devoted to Latino Culture and Education in Massachusetts.
Leonardo has been a fellow and associate researcher at the Weatherhead
Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. At Tufts
University he taught a course about the Chavez Era in Venezuela. In
Venezuela he was Director of Industry in the Development Ministry and
founder of several nonprofit organizations. Professor Vivas has
published two books about Venezuela's political crises and co-edited
another about grass roots management. He is a Sociologist from Central
University in Venezuela, with an MPhil from University of Sussex, UK,
and a PhD from Nanterre Université in Paris.

Dr. Dan Levy is Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Chair of MPA
Programs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is currently
directing impact evaluations of school construction programs in Burkino
Faso and Niger. He was recently involved in the evaluation of
conditional cash transfer programs in Jamaica, a technical assistance
project to Mexicos Social Development Ministry (Sedesol), the evaluation
of an after-school program in the U.S., and a methodological review of
studies comparing the use of various methods to estimate program
impacts. He has served as a senior researcher at Mathematica Policy
Research, is a lab affiliate at the Poverty Action Lab (MIT), and has
served as a consultant to several organizations including the World
Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Global Development
Network (GDN). He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern
University.
-- 
Lina M. Garcia
MIT Class of 2011
Materials Science and Engineering
(617)955-6232
lmgarcia at mit.edu


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