• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Ricardo Hausmann

Harvard's Center for International Development

Director

Ricardo Hausmann is Director of Harvard's Center for International Development and Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Kennedy School of Government. He also teaches a capstone course on the MPAID program. Previously, 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. His research interests include issues of growth, macroeconomic stability, international finance, and the social dimensions of development. He holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University.

Sessions With Ricardo Hausmann

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 05:00pm - 05:50pm (CST) / -

    Special Dialogue on Venezuela

    Panel

    Chair: Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice President, IHS Markit

    Part I: Interim Government Vision for Venezuela

    • Ambassador Carlos Vecchio, Ambassador of the Government of Venezuela to the United States
    • Ricardo Hausmann, Director of Harvard's Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Professor of the Practice of Economic Development


    Part II: Industry & Investment Perspectives

    • Luisa Palacios, Chairwoman, CITGO Petroleum Corporation
    • Maynard Holt, Chief Executive Officer, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
    • Ashok Belani, Executive Vice President of Technology, Schlumberger Limited