Luis Fierro
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Luis Alberto Fierro (born in Quito, on September 10, 1964) is an economic and social development practitioner from Ecuador.
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[edit] Economist
Luis Fierro is currently the Resource Mobilization Coordinator for the Office in Europe of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Previously, from 1997 to February 2008, he held a number of posts at the headquarters of the IDB, including Senior Program Coordinator at the Sustainable Development Department.
He has contributed to numerous sector strategies and policies of the IDB, including the strategies for the priority areas of the IDB: Sustainable Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity, Social Development, Competitiveness, Environment, Modernization of the State, among other areas.
Previously, he was the representative of the Government of Ecuador at the Board of Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund; Economic and Business Editor at Diario Hoy (a national daily newspaper in Ecuador); and an economic and social researcher for various institutions, including the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), the Latin American Social Research Institution (ILDIS), and the National Council of Universities and Polytechnic Schools of Ecuador (CONUEP).
[edit] Academic Studies
Luis Fierro holds graduate degrees focusing on Development Economics, International Economics, Environmental Economics, and Public Finance, from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon). He also holds the degree of Economist from the Catholic University of Ecuador (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador-Quito).
Luis Fierro also holds graduate level certificates in development program monitoring and evaluation from the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET); and on Management for Development Results from the Inter-American Institute for Social Development (INDES).[1]
[edit] Author of books on development
Luis Fierro has written, contributed, edited and translated several books, academic essays and articles, including the following:
Contributor, Sustainable Development: Environment, Climate Change and Energy. Opportunities for Dialogue and Cooperation between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, D.C., IDB, May 2008.
Contributor, The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress, Priorities and IDB Support for their Implementation. Washington, D.C., IDB, August 2005.
Co-author, Sustainable Development: Mission, Actions and Challenges, Washington, D.C., IDB, March 2005.[2]
Co-author, Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, D.C., IDB, February 2004.[3]
Co-author, Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean. An Overview. Washington, D.C., IDB, March 2004.[4]
Co-author, Competitiveness Strategy. Washington, D.C., IDB, July 2003.[5]
Contributor, Sustainable Economic Growth Strategy. IDB, July 2003.[6]
Contributor, Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity Strategy. Washington, D.C., IDB, July 2003.[7]
Contributor, Social Development Strategy. Washington, D.C., IDB, July 2003.
Contributor, Modernization of the State Strategy. IDB, July 2003.
Contributor, Environment Strategy. Washington, D.C., IDB, July 2003.[8]
Co-author, Integrated Strategy Implementation Plan, IDB, July 2003.
Co-author, Summit of the Americas: Strategic Programs. The Agenda of the IDB. IDB, April 2001.
Co-author, A Path out of Poverty: The Inter-American Development Bank's Approach to Reducing Poverty. Washington D.C.: IDB, April 1998.[9]
A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Trade Liberalization in Ecuador, University of Texas at Austin, December 1995.
A Panel Data Econometric Estimation of the Effects of Corporate Income Tax on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America, Seminar on Public Finance, University of Texas at Austin, May 1995.
A Non-Linear Model of Optimal Endogenous Growth with Investment in Human and Physical Capital, University of Texas at Austin, May 1995.
The Importance of Social Aspects in Economic Analysis, in "Gestión, Economía y Sociedad", No. 10, April 1995.
The Migration of Polluting Industries and Competition among Jurisdictions for Environmental Regulation, Working Paper No. 7. Quito, Ecuador: Multiplica Consulting Firm, 1994.
Comparative Valuation of Renewable Amenity Resources and Exhaustible Oil Resources: The Case of National Parks in the Ecuadorian Rainforest. Working Paper No. 4. Quito, Ecuador: Multiplica Consulting Firm, 1994.
Translator, Héctor Aguilar and Lorenzo Meyer, In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution: Contemporary Mexican History, 1910-1989. Austin, UT Press, 1993.
The Latin American Debt Overhang: Determination of the Secondary Market Price and Options for Debt Relief, M.A. Thesis, University of Oregon, March 1992.
Editor and Co-author, Economic Reactivation with Full Employment. Quito: Latin American Social Research Institute, 1989.
Financial Groups in Ecuador. Quito, CEDEP, 1989.
Co-author, External Debt of the Energy Sector: Risks and Options. Quito: Latin American Energy Organization, 1988.
Editor, Rural Development Policies in Ecuador: Rural Poverty. Quito: Latin American Social Research Institute/FIDA, 1987.
Co-author, External Debt and the Energy Sector in Latin America. Quito: Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), 1987.
Co-author, The Ecuadorian Economic Crisis. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional, 1986.
[edit] Related links
[10] Personal website
[11] Inter-American Development Bank
Luis Fierro is the son of Dr. Gustavo Fierro, an Ecuadorian linguist and university Professor, and Dr. Fanny Carrión de Fierro, an Ecuadorian writer, literary critic and university Professor.
