Panel 3: An Evolving Global Economic
Structure
The economics panel will explore the impact of the global
financial crisis on the influence and relevance of major economic
institutions – for example, the World Bank, the World Trade
Organization, and the International Monetary Fund. This
discussion will be situated in the growing influence of emerging
powers such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Will these powers
strive to attain greater clout within existing economic institutions,
or will they establish their own? Will they demand fundamentally
different roles and actions from these institutions? Lastly, given
that the financial crisis is affecting each emerging power
differently, will emerging powers issue unified demands from
these institutions or will they speak with multiple voices?
Speakers
José Ocampo
José Ocampo is a Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and
Director of the Program in Economic and Political Development at the School of
International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. He will teach courses in the Ph.D.
program in Sustainable Development and is a member of Columbia's Committee on Global
Thought.
Prior to his appointment, Professor Ocampo served in a number of positions in the United
Nations and the Government of Colombia, most notably as United Nations Under-Secretary
General for Economic and Social Affairs; Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Minister of Finance and Public Credit,
Chairman of the Board of Banco del República (Central Bank of Colombia); Director,
National Planning Department (Minister of Planning); Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Chairman of the Board of Banco Cafetero (Coffee Bank) and Caja de Crèdito
Agraria, Industrial y Minera (Agrarian Bank) and Executive Director, FEDESARROLLO.
Dr. Ocampo received his B.A. in Economics and Sociology from the University of Notre
Dame and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University, 19