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Ricardo Hausmann Speaker

Ricardo Hausmann

Director, Harvard’s Growth Lab and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, HKS

Professor Ricardo Hausmann is a celebrated economist and leading expert in international growth. He has a lively reputation for outspoken commentary on Latin American economics.

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  • English
  • Italian
  • Spanish
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Ricardo Hausmann's 2024 biography

Ricardo Hausmann is the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School. Under his leadership, the Growth Lab has grown into one of the most well regarded and influential hubs for research on international development.

His scholarly contributions have had a significant impact on the study and practice of development. These include the development of the Growth Diagnostics and Economic Complexity methodologies, as well as several widely used economic concepts, such as Dark Matter, Original Sin, and Self-discovery. His work has been published in some of the top journals in the world, including ScienceJournal of Development EconomicsJournal of International EconomicsProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJournal of International Money and FinanceEconomic Policy and the Journal of Economic Growth, among many others. These publications have been cited more than 44,000 times.

Since launching the Growth Lab in 2006, Hausmann has served as principal investigator for more than 50 research initiatives in nearly 30 countries, informing development policy, growth strategies and diversification agendas at the national and sub-national levels.

Before joining Harvard University, he served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the IMF-World Bank Development Committee. He was Professor of Economics at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) (1985-1991) in Caracas, where he founded the Center for Public Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University.

Ricardo Hausmann's 2024 talks & topics

The social dimensions of development

How regions and countries can accelerate growth

Economic development & planning

Macroeconomic stability & international finance

LatAm and the World

Ricardo Hausmann's 2024 speaking fees

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