Augusto López-Claros
Project Director, Humanitarian Response Index, DARA
Augusto López-Claros is Project Director for the Humanitarian Response Index. He was Chief Economist and Director of the Global Competitiveness Programme at the World Economic Forum in Geneva during the period 2003–2006. In this capacity, he served as Editor of the Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.
Before joining the Forum, he was Executive Director and Senior International Economist with Lehman Brothers International (London), and Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in the Russian Federation (Moscow) from 1992 to 1995. Prior to joining the IMF, he was professor of economics at the University of Chile in Santiago.
He has written and lectured extensively in South America, the United States, Europe, and Asia on a broad range of subjects, including aspects of economic reform in transition economies, economic integration, interdependence and cooperation, governance, peace, and the role of international organisations.
He is the founder of EFD–Global Consulting Network, an international consultancy specialising in economic, financial, and development issues. Dr. López-Claros received his PhD. in Economics from Duke University and a diploma in Mathematical Statistics from Cambridge University.
Spoken languages
English, Spanish
Written languages
English, Spanish
Expert publications
- 29/11/2007 - Humanitarian Response Index 2007
