Dr. Efraín Gonzales de Olarte
He is a senior professor in the Department of Economics. He began his teaching career in 1979 and has been a tenured professor since 1981. He has served as Academic Director of Economics and Chair of the Department of Economics. He is an international specialist and consultant in development economics, political economy, human development, and regional economics. He is the author and editor of 25 books and more than 150 articles on structural adjustment, regional economies, decentralization, economic policies, institutional economics, development and economic growth, rural economies, and human development. He has also served as Director General of the Institute of Peruvian Studies, Chairman of the Board of Electro Sur Este, and Executive Director of COPRI, among other positions.
Efraín Gonzales de Olarte is an economist (UNSAAC) with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. He holds an honorary doctorate from the National University of San Agustín in Arequipa and is an honorary professor at the University of San Cristóbal in Huamanga. Visiting professor and researcher at: University of Toronto, York University (Toronto), University of California, San Diego, University of Miami, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle. Awards and Honors: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; Senior Researcher at the North-South Center (University of Miami); Fellow at The Woodrow Wilson Center; Simon Bolívar Chair (CIAL, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle); and research grants from the Ford Foundation, IDRC, and ACDI (Canada).
He has also served as a consultant to ECLAC, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank (WB), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and the Andean Agreement Board (JUNAC).
