Augusto Álvarez Rodrich
Augusto Álvarez Rodrich | |
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 Augusto Álvarez Rodrich in 2014. | |
| Born | Augusto Aníbal Álvarez Rodrich 12 October 1959 |
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| Alma mater | Universidad del Pacífico (BA) Harvard University (MPA) |
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| Discipline | Economics Journalism |
Augusto Aníbal Álvarez Rodrich (born 12 October 1959) is a Peruvian economist and journalist who works in print, radio and television.
Early life and education[edit]
Rodrich was born in Lima, Peru. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the Universidad del Pacífico before earning a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also studied specialised courses at Stanford University, the University of Manchester and Northwestern University.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
He worked for Grupo Apoyo from 1980 until 2002, reaching the position of General Director of Apoyo Communications and editor of the magazines Perú Económico, Semana Económica and Debate. He was also Director of Apoyo Opinion and Market and the Apoyo Institute.[citation needed]
He became Vice President of the Commission for Market Entry and Exit at Indecopi, Vice President of OSIPTEL and Director of Interbank. He also participated as advisor of projects for multilateral organisations and various processes of privatisation in Peru, Colombia and Guatemala.[citation needed]
He has been director of the daily Perú.21 since its foundation until November 2008, and anchor of the radio programme Ampliación de Noticias (news in depth, Radio Programas del Perú, RPP) and associate professor at the University of the Pacific. He was director and anchor of the television programme Dos Dedos de Frente (Spanish expression for "common sense", Frecuencia Latina). As of 2014[update] he has a column in La República.[1]
He moderated the debate between Alan García and Ollanta Humala in the 2006 Peruvian general election.
Books[edit]
Álvarez is the author of various books and academic essays (in Spanish) on privatisation, the public sector and state reform:
- Perú, 1964-1994: Economía, Sociedad y Política, 1995 [2]
- La implementación de políticas públicas en el Perú (editor), 1995
- El Poder en el Perú (editor), 1993
- Principios de Empresas Estatales y Privatización, 1992
- Empresas Estatales y Privatización: Cómo reformar la actividad empresarial del Estado en el Perú, 1991
- Negociación Económica Internacional: La Experiencia del Perú, 1990
- Los Objetivos de las Empresas Estatales, 1985.
References[edit]
- ^ Vivas, Fernando (24 November 2014). "Álvarez Rodrich: "El periodismo es discutir para mejorar"". El Comercio. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Augusto Alvarez Rodrich; Julio Cotler (1 January 1995). Perú, 1964-1994: Economía, Sociedad y Política. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. ISBN 978-84-89303-47-8.
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- Peruvian journalists
- Peruvian male journalists
- Peruvian male writers
- 20th-century Peruvian economists
- Peruvian Jews
- University of the Pacific (Peru) alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- Harvard Kennedy School alumni
- Living people
- 1959 births
- Peruvian expatriates in the United States