Views of Chief Economists Lecture Series | Misallocation, Social Institutions and Economic Growth in Mexico

Join the Center on Global Economic Governance and the MPA in Economic Policy Management for our next lecture in the series: "The World Economy: Views of Chief Economists," presenting world-renowned economists from the private and public sector to discuss current global economic challenges and their perspectives of the future.

Lecture: Misallocation, Social Institutions and Economic Growth in Mexico

With:

Santiago Levy, Former Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank

Moderated by Jan Svejnar, James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy; Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia SIPA

Mexico is a paradox: for over two decades it has successfully integrated into the world economy, has enjoyed macro stability, has invested in physical and human capital, but has not grown. During this event, Santiago Levy will discuss that out-date social institutions, deeply rooted in the country's history and ideology, generate large misallocation of resources that suppress productivity growth.

Santiago Levy is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution and president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association. From 2008 to 2018 he was the Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank. From 1994 to 2000, he served as the Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico.

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