Mr. Jorge Arbache

Jorge Arbache is Vice President of the Private Sector at the Development Bank of Latin America – CAF and professor of economics at the University of Brasilia. Arbache was Secretary of International Affairs at the Ministry of Planning and Chief Economist of that Ministry. Previous positions include Executive Secretary of the Brazil-China Investment Fund; Senior Economic Advisor to the National Bank for Economic and Social Development – BNDES; Senior Economist at the World Bank; Economist of the International Labor Organization; member of the board of directors of large companies and banks and member of advisory committees of national and international institutions. Arbache is an opinion columnist for the Valor Econômico newspaper and has regularly published academic papers on development economics and related subjects.