ERNESTO TALVI

Dr. Ernesto Talvi is currently the Executive Director of CERES (Center for the Study of Economic and Social Affairs) a highly respected, non-for-profit, independent public policy research institution in Montevideo, Uruguay, specializing in the economic analysis of Latin American economies and the design of public policies, and in promoting its debate in international forums.

He is also a permanent advisor to the Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Dr. Guillermo Calvo, in charge of monitoring and analyzing regional economic developments in Latin America in order to contribute to the policy dialogue of the IADB´s Research Department with its constituencies, and to stimulate regional an cross-country research and analytical work.

Previously, he was Senior Research Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC (1995-1997); Chief Economic Advisor of Uruguay's Economic team and Chief Economist and Head of Research of the Central Bank of Uruguay (1990-1995).

He teaches Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory at the Universidad ORT in Montevideo, Uruguay and is a visiting professor at the Universidad Torcuatto di Tella in Buenos Aires. He has published several academic and policy articles in books and journals and his areas of expertise include the macroeconomics of emerging markets; stabilization programs; fiscal policy; capital flows and financial crises.

He is a founding member of the Latin-American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (CLAAF) and was a member of the Executive Committee of LACEA (Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association).

Dr. Talvi holds a Ph.D. in Economics (1995) and an MBA (1989) from The University of Chicago.