1. Personal data.
Name: Neantro Saavedra-Rivano
Date of birth: November 22, 1946
Research, teaching, and consulting in the fields of economics, mathematics and computer sciences. My main areas of specialization in economics are international economics, development economics, and mathematical simulation models. In mathematics: differential equations, general systems theory, and algebraic geometry. In computer sciences: knowledge representation.
Currently Professor Emeritus of the University of Tsukuba, Deputy Director of the Program in Economic Public Policy of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Visiting Professor, Center for SustainableDevelopment, University of Brasilia, and Senior Researcher, Center for the Study ofMarket Regulation, University of Brasilia. My current areas of interest include thepolitical economy of development, regional economic integration, international tradetheory, and artificial economies.
I did graduate studies in mathematics and in economics at universities in Belgium (Louvain, 1966-7), France (Lille, 1966-8 and Paris, 1968-72) and the USA(Columbia, 1979-82). During that time I was recipient of scholarships from theGovernment of Belgium, the Ford Foundation, the Organization of American Statesand Columbia University. The following degrees were obtained for
Undergraduate studies:
de Ingeniería, Lima (Peru), July 1966
Bachelor Thesis: Aspectos cualitativos y cuantitativos de la teoría
Graduate studies (Mathematics):
Diplôme d'études approfondies, Université de Lille, June 1967
Doctorat d'état ès sciences, Université de Paris, February 1972
Ph.D. Dissertation: Catégories tannakiennes
Graduate studies (Economics):
Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, May 1981
Doctor of Philosophy, May 1982
Ph.D. Dissertation: North-South models of capital mobility
I have full talking, reading and writing command of the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages and I have published in all of these languages in my own writing style. In addition, I possess varying capabilities in several others, including Japanese, Russian, Italian and German.
01/11-present Visiting Professor, Center for Sustainable Development, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil)
04/10-present Senior Advisor, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
04/93-03/10 Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
04/91-03/93 Foreign Professor, Graduate School of Area Studies, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
07/90-03/91 Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
03/85-11/91 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Universidade de Brasília (Brasilia, Brazil)
08/83-02/85 Special Research Fellow of the National Council of Scientific and Technologic Development and Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program of Economics, Universidade Federal do Ceará (Fortaleza, Brazil)
08/82-07/83 Economist at the United Nations, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (New York, USA)
09/81-05/82 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Columbia University (New York, USA)
01/78-07/79 Professor, Institute of Mathematics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
09/75-12/77 Professor, Mathematics Department, Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela)
01/73-09/73 Professor, Universidad Técnica del Estado (presently Universidad de Santiago; Santiago, Chile)
03/72-12/72 Professor, Institute of Mathematics, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaiso, Chile)
10/69-02/72 Attaché de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris, France)
10/67-06/69 Teaching Assistant, Institut de Mathématiques, Université Nacional de Lille (Lille, France)
08/65-07/66 Teaching Assistant, College of Physics and Mathematics, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Lima, Peru)
Director of the Joint Japan/World Bank Master’s Program in Policy
Management, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the
University of Tsukuba (1998 to March 2010)
Director of the APEC Study Center, Doctoral Program of InternationalPublic Policy, the University of Tsukuba (1998 to March 2010)
Member of the International Liaison Office of the University of Tsukuba (April 2004 to March 2006)
Academic Coordinator of the Joint Japan/World Bank Master’s
Program in Policy Management, Doctoral Program of International Political
Economy of the University of Tsukuba (1997-8)
Member of the Steering Committee of the Doctoral Program of International Political Economy of the University of Tsukuba (1997-2001)
Coordinator of the Development Area of the College of InternationalStudies of the University of Tsukuba (1995-6)
Research Coordinator of the Economics Department of the University of Brasilia (1986-87 and 1989-90)
President of the Commission on Informatics of the University of Brasilia (1986-87)
Representative of the Economics Department of the University of
Brasilia to the Council of Directors of the Joint Doctorate Program FLACSO-
University of Brasilia (1989-90)
06/10 Research Fellow, ASAN Institute of Policy Studies and Ewha Women’s University, Seoul (Korea)
05/10 Visiting Professor, Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)
05/10 Visiting Professor, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)
03/09 Visiting Professor, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)
12/08 Visiting Professor, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)
06/04-07/04 Adjunct (Visiting) Professor, Korea University (Seoul, Korea)
08/01-08/02 Visiting Professor, Economics Department, Universidad de Chile (Santiago, Chile)
05/01 Lecturer, International Courses of the United Nations University (International Trade and Dispute Settlements) (Tokyo, Japan)
05/00 Lecturer, International Courses of the United Nations University (International Trade and Dispute Settlements) (Tokyo, Japan)
07/98 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile (Santiago, Chile)
09/96-12/96 Tinker Foundation Visiting Professor, Institute of Latin
American Studies and Department of Economics, Columbia University, New
York
07/95-08/95 Visiting Professor, Economics Department, Universidad de Chile (Santiago, Chile)
07/94-08/94 Research Fellow, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, Universidad de Santiago (Santiago, Chile)
08/88-01/89 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo, Japan)
01/78-07/79 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Department, PontifíciaUniversidade Católica (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
06/75-08/75 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Department, PontifíciaUniversidade Católica (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
04/75 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Department, Universidad del Zulia (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
09/74-05/75 Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and Visiting Research Scholar, Mathematics Department, Columbia University (New York, USA)
01/74-06/74 (Princeton, USA) Temporary Member, Institute for Advanced Study
11/73-12/73 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Department, Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela)
01/73-02/73 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Department, Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela)
Throughout my professional life, I have received research fellowships from:Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France, 1969-72), Conselho Nacionalde Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (Brazil, 1983-85 and 1987-88), Consejo Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile, 1995), The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (USA, 1974-75), Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, USA, 1974) and the Institute of Developing Economies (Japan, 1988-89).
2010 Consultant to the Center for Strategic Management and Studies, CGEE (Economic Impact of Investment in Innovation and Technology) – Brasilia, Brazil
2010 Consultant to the UPIS University (Feasibility of Establishmentof an International Master’s Program in Public Policy) – Brasilia, Brazil
2009 Consultant to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum(Independent Assessment of the Industrial Science and Technology Working Group) – Singapore
2009 Consultant to the International Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Technical University Federico Santa Maria (Spinoff Project) – Valparaiso, Chile
2005 Consultant to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Panama(National program for the promotion of exports and foreign direct investment)
– Panama City and Tsukuba, Japan
2004 Consultant to the Inter American Development Bank (The riseof China: challenges and opportunities for Central America) – Guatemala, Honduras and Washington, DC
1995 Consultant to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Division of Economic Development -Santiago de Chile
1991 Consultant to the Latin American Center of International Economics and Politics (CLEPI, Santiago) (Annual report on the world economy) - Rio de Janeiro and Santiago
1990 Consultant to the Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo) (Economic relations between Brazil and Japan) - Rio de Janeiro
1989 Consultant to the Latin American Institute of Economic and Social Planning (ILPES-CEPAL, Santiago) (Macroeconomic models for Brazil) – Brasilia
1987-8Consultant to Eletronorte Centrais Elétricas do Brasil (Methodology and modelling for demand projection of electricity) – Brasilia
1985 Consultant to OAS (Simulation models of socio-economic systems for the region of Araguaia-Tocantins bassin -project PRODIAT) – Brasilia
1984-5Consultant to OAS (Industrial development of the region ofAraguaia-Tocantins bassin - project PRODIAT) - Fortaleza and Brasilia
1983-4Consultant to the Organization of American States (Simulation models of socio-economic systems for the region of the Sao Francisco valley project PLANVASF) – Brasilia
1982 Consultant to the Inter-American Programs Development -TheAmerican University (Modelling of demand projections for building materialsin Nicaragua) - Washington, DC and Managua
1980-1Consultant to the Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Structural change and development alternatives for internationaltrade) - New York and Budapest
1978-9Researcher in the ASDELA group -Universidade Cãndido Mendes (Mathematical models for Latin America) - Rio de Janeiro
1975-77 Consultant to the Institute of Foreign Trade of the Government of Venezuela (Simulation models of the world economy) – Caracas
Member of the American Economics Association, the Brazilian Society of
Econometrics, the Association of Japanese Business Studies, the Latin American
Studies Association (LASA), and the Econometric Society.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Asia and the Americas of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2010-12)
Chairperson of the Section on Latin America and the Pacific Rim ofthe Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2009-10)
Member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Latin America
and the Pacific Rim of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2006-7 and 2007-9)
Chairperson of the Section on Latin America and the Pacific Rim ofthe Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2004-6)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Latin American Studies (since 2003)
Chairperson of the Section on Latin America and the Pacific Rim ofthe Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (2000-1)
Member of the Council of Directors (1987-8) of the Brazilian Society of Econometrics
Member of the Editorial Board of the Review of Econometrics (since 1989)
Member of LASA (Latin American Studies Association) Task Forceon Scholarly Relations with Japan (1990-8)
Referee for scientific journals: Revista de Econometria, Revista Brasileira de Economia, Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, Estudos Econômicos, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of InternationalPolitical Economy, Revista Problemas del Desarrollo, The Journal of Asian Studies
04/08-03/11 “Chinese ODA in Developing Countries” (with other members), Scientific Research Project of the Ministry of Education (Japan)
01/03-12/03 “Agents for the Representation of Chilean Economic System” (with other members), Conicyt (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Chile) and INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automation, France)
04/95-03/01 “Technological Partnership” (with other members), Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)
04/98-03/01 “Equity and institutional issues in economies in transition -A comparative study of East Asia, Central Europe and Latin America” (with other members), Scientific Research Project of the Ministry ofEducation (Japan)
04/95-03/98 “Regional integration and development policy -A
comparative study of East Asia and the Americas” (with other members),
Scientific Research Project of the Ministry of Education (Japan)
04/96-03/97 “Economic relations between Mexico and Japan after
Mexico’s accession to NAFTA”, Internal Project, University of Tsukuba
(Tsukuba, Japan)
07/94-08/95 “Economic reforms and industrial policy”, Institute ofAdvanced Study, University of Santiago de Chile (Santiago, Chile)
04/94-03/96 “Free trade areas and foreign direct investment”, Scientific Research Project of the Ministry of Education (Japan)
04/94-03/95 “Free trade areas and foreign direct investment”, Internal Project, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
04/92-03/95 “A comparative study of structural adjustment in Latin
America and East Asia” (with other members), Scientific Research Project of
the Ministry of Education (Japan)
04/91-03/92 “Long-term socio-economic scenarios for Latin America”, Internal Project, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
"América Latina en APEC", in Philipe De Lombaerde, Shigeru Kochi y José Briceño Ruiz (eds.), Del regionalismo latinoamericano a la integración interregional, Fundación Carolina y Siglo XXI de España Editores, Madrid, 2007.
“Chile y Otros Países de América Latina en APEC”, module 8 in Chile yAPEC 2004, ed. Eduardo Moyano, Santiago, 2004.
Regional Integration and Economic Development (co-edited with Akio Hosono and Barbara Stallings), Palgrave, London and New York, 2001.
“Developmental Affinities in Regional Integration”, chapter 8 in Regional Integration and Economic Development, eds. Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Akio Hosono and Barbara Stallings, Palgrave, London and New York, 2001.
Learning From Experience – The First APIAN Policy Report (with other authors), Institute for South East Asian Studies, Singapore, 2001.
“Economic Growth and Social Equity: Some General Points and Reflectionson East Asia and Latin America”, in Part 3 of Modernization: Development Models in Latin America and East Asia (in Chinese), ed. Jiang Shixue, Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House, Beijing, 2000.
Sistemas Nacionales de Innovación (co-edited with Manuel Agosín), Dolmen Ediciones, Santiago, 1998.
"Is Regional Economic Integration an Economic Process?", in RegionalIntegration and Development Policy: A Comparative Study of East Asia and the Americas (coord.) A. Hosono, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 1998.
Development Strategies in East Asia and Latin America (co-edited with Akio Hosono), Macmillan, London and New York, 1998.
“Growth and Equity”, chapter 3 in Development Strategies in East Asia and Latin America, eds. Akio Hosono and Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Macmillan, London and New York, 1998.
“From Promising Beginnings to Divergent Paths: Brazil and Korea”, chapter 11 in Development Strategies in East Asia and Latin America, eds. Akio Hosono and Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Macmillan, London and New York, 1998.
“Equity, Development, and Public Policies”, in Rethinking Development in East Asia and Latin America, ed. J. McGuire, Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, 1997.
“Labour Productivity and Flexibility in Japan” (with Hideki Imaoka), chapter 7 in Labour Productivity and Flexibility, eds. Edward J. Amadeo and Susan Horton, Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
“Chile and the international trend toward regional integration”, chapter 6 in
La Economía Japonesa sin Misterios (with Akio Hosono), Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro 1994. (re-published by Editora de la Universidad delPacífico, Lima, Peru, 1996).
"Labor Flexibility and Productivity in Japan", in Report of the Special Research Project on the New International System, v. IV, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 1995.
A. Hosono, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 1995.
"Chile and Japan: Opening doors through trade", chapter 8 in Japan, theUnited States, and Latin America: Towards a Trilateral Relationship inthe Western Hemisphere?, eds. B. Stallings and G. Székely, Macmillan and John Hopkins University Press, 1993. [Spanish translation, published as
Japón, los Estados Unidos y la América Latina: ¿Hacia una relación
Mexico City, 1994].
Collaborator in Hacia Nuevos Horizontes : Informe sobre la Economía
Bitar, CLEPI, Santiago de Chile 1991.
Kankyou No Nakade, eds. B. Stallings, G. Székely and K. Horisaka,
Doubunkan, Tokyo 1991.
Recent history and future prospects of economic relations between Japanand Latin America, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo 1989.
"A integraçao econômica brasileiro-argentina no contexto da cooperaçao
eds. R. Baumann and J.C. Lerda, Marco Zero, Sao Paulo 1988.
Catégories tannakiennes, vol. 265 of the series Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1972.
“The Political Economy of Economic Integration in Korea and Japan” (coauthored with Hak Yong Rhee), Korean Review of International Studies, v.7, n.1, December 2004.
“Las nuevas afinidades regionales en el Pacífico. Ensayo de construcción de un marco conceptual”, Estudios Internacionales, n. 144, January-March 2004.
“Afinidades de desarrollo y la integración regional en el hemisferio occidental”, Diplomacia – Revista de la Academia Diplomática de Chile, n. 88, July-September 2001.
“Trade and foreign direct investment between Asia and Latin America”, Asian Journal of Latin American Studies, v.2, 1999.
“Economic growth and equity”, Journal of International Political Economy, v.2, n. 1, March 1998.
“Os investimentos japoneses no Brasil dos anos 50 até hoje”, Boletim de Conjuntura Internacional, v.7, May 1993, Brasilia, Brazil.
“Privatizações no Japão”, Part I & II, JAPÃO Informativo Econômico, v.5, n. 14 & 15, January and April 1993, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"The evolution of development thinking in Latin America", Area Studies Tsukuba, v.10, 1992.
"Novos métodos matemâticos em economia dinâmica: uma resenha bibliográfica", Literatura Econômica, v.1, n.3, October 1989.
"Taxa de juros e inflaçao de custos", Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, v.19, n.2, September 1989.
"Aplicaçoes da Inteligência Artificial na Economia", Boletim da SBMAC, v.1, n.1, series II, April 1989.
"Inflaçao, salário real e poder de compra", Revista de Econometria, v.4, n.2, November 1984.
"Terms of trade and domestic distribution", Journal of Development Economics, v.15, June-August 1984.
"Capital mobility and growth in a North-South model", (co-authored with A. Burgstaller), Journal of Development Economics, v.15, June-August 1984.
"The choice between international labour and capital mobility in a dynamicmodel of North-South" (co-authored with I. Wooton), Journal of International Economics, v.14, May 1983.
"A critical analysis of the Mesarovic-Pestel world model", AppliedMathematical Modelling, v.3, n.5, October 1979.
"Finite geometries in the theory of theta characteristics", L'enseignement mathématique, t.xxii, fasc.3-4, 1976.
"Catégories tannakiennes", Bull.Soc.Math. France, v.100, 417-430, 1979.
"Polarisations des catégories tannakiennes: cas gradué", Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris (C.R.A.S.), v.273, serie A, 1243-1246, 1971.
"Polarisations des catégories tannakiennes: cas homogène", C.R.A.S., v.273, serie A, 1144-1147, 1971.
"Catégories et dualité de Tannaka", C.R.A.S., v.272, serie A, 389-392, 1971.
"Représentations linéaires des schémas en groupes affines", C.R.A.S., v. 272, serie A, 258-261, 1971.
"Categorías fibradas y sistemas de categorías", Notas de Matemática, v.4, n.3, December 1966.
"Aspectos cualitativos y cuantitativos de la teoría de procesos óptimos", Notas de Matemática, v.3, n.4, December 1965. Republished in Tecnia, journal ofthe National Engineering University (Lima, Peru), n.1, August 1968.
"A re-examination of Solow's growth model with application to capital movements", Anais do XVIII Encontro Nacional de Economia, Brasilia, December 1990.
"Grafos conceituais circonscritos" (co-authors: Francisco Cartaxo and GentilLucena), Anais do VII Simpósio Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial, Campina Grande, November 1990.
"Economic relations between Latin America and Japan", Anais do XVII Encontro Nacional de Economia, Fortaleza, December 1989.
"Teoria inercialista e aceleraçao inflacionária", Anais do X Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, Belo Horizonte, December 1988.
"Juros, salários e inflaçao", Anais do IX Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, Salvador, December 1987.
"Sistema especialista em conjuntura econômica baseado em grafos conceituais", Anais do XX Congresso de Informâtica, Sao Paulo, September 1987.
"Aspectos metodológicos da dinâmica econômica", Annals of the 7th Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Sao Paulo, September 1987.
"Commercial policy and the Golden Rule", Anais do VIII Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, Brasilia, December 1986.
"International capital movements and growth theory", Anais do VII Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, Vitoria, December 1985.
"Trade among developing countries", Anais do XII Encontro Nacional de Economia, Sao Paulo, December 1984.
"Long-run effects of capital mobility in a North-South model", Anais do VI Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, Sao Paulo, December 1984.
“Avaliação do Impacto Econômico de Programas de Investimento em Tecnologia e Inovação”, Technical Note for the Centro de Gestão e EstudosEstratégicos (CGEE), Brasília, January 2011.
“The Emergence of China: A view from Central America” (co-authored with Manuel Agosin and Pablo Rodas Martini), Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, October 2004 [also available in Spanish language].
“The Emergence of China – Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America”(contributing author), Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, October 2004.
"Japón -Economía y Relaciones Internacionales", Centro Latinoamericano deEconomía y Política Internacional, Santiago 1992.
"Japanese direct investment in Brazil", Ensaios Econômicos n. 168, GraduateSchool of Economics, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro 1990.
"Perspectivas de la Economía Japonesa", Centro Latinoamericano de Economía y Política Internacional, Santiago 1990.
"Modelos qualitativos e quantitativos para a demanda de energia elétrica naAAELN", Eletronorte Centrais Elétricas, Brasilia 1988.
"Modelos de simulação socio-econômica para a região do Planvasf", Plano deDesenvolvimento do Vale do São Francisco, Government of Brazil and Organization of American States, Brasilia 1988.
"Programação do desenvolvimento industrial para a região do Prodiat" (coauthor), Programa de Desenvolvimento da Bacia do Araguaia-Tocantins, Government of Brazil and Organization of American States, Brasilia 1985.
"Alternativas para la expansión de la industria de materiales de la construcción en Nicaragua", 3 volumes (co-author, project directed by A. Domike and R. Muller), International Centre of Technical Cooperation, The American University, Washington 1982.
"Structural analysis of international trade, 1955-77: Latin America", Instituteof Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1980.
"Preliminary simulation of the consequences of the Lima target for development, trade and international capital movements", Instituto de Comercio Exterior, Caracas 1977.
Between 1984 and 1997, articles on economic subjects written for the
Brazilian newspapers O Povo (Fortaleza), Correio Braziliense (Brasilia), Folha de São Paulo (São Paulo), e O Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo).
Panel on Asia (“Conversations about Asia in the Current Context”), 5th International Congress on International Relations, Institute of InternationalRelations, University of La Plata, La Plata, November 24, 2010.
Steering Committee of ECOTECH (“An Independent Assessment of the Industrial Science and Technology Working Group”), 2nd Senior Official Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM 2), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Singapore, July 23, 2009.
China–Latin America Business Forum (“Macau’s Role in Increasing Economic Relations Between Chile and China”), 13th Macau International Trade and Investment Fair, Macau, October 23-26, 2008.
APEC Peru 2008 Thematic Seminar (“Intergovernmental Cooperation within the APEC Region”), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Lima, November 2728, 2007.
International Conference on East Asian Integration (“East Asian Integration and APEC: Building Bloc or Stumbling Bloc?”), Shanghai Academy of SocialSciences, Shanghai, August 30-31, 2007.
Seminar on the Challenges and Opportunities from China (“The ChineseModel of Development”), Corporación Andina de Fomento, Caracas, January 22, 2007.
APEC Study Center Network Preliminary Conference (“ECOTECHRevival?”), Monash University, Melbourne, December 11-12, 2006.
International Conference on APEC Reforms and Evolving Trends (“Optionsfor APEC Reform”), Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, April 2728, 2006.
Shanghai Forum on Latin America (“China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America”), Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, December 19-20, 2005.
International Symposium on the Preparation of APEC Viet Nam 2006 (“Changes in Global and Regional Contexts and their Implication for theDevelopment and Role of APEC”), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam, Hanoi, July 21-22, 2005.
Symposium on New Opportunities in Trans-Pacific Business (“New Zealand, Latin America and Asia in a World of Multiplying Trade Agreements”), University of Auckland, Wellington, July 19, 2005.
Policy Forum of INDESA Group (“Trade and Investment Opportunities of thePanama-Singapore Free Trade Agreement”), Panama City, May 5, 2005.
Policy Forum of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of El Salvador (“Countering the China Threat, A Practical Commercial Vision”), San Salvador, November 4, 2004.
Seminar organized by ProChile and IGT (“Commercial Opportunities for Chile in Japan”), Sociedad de Fomento Fabril, Santiago de Chile, June 4, 2004.
Joint Meeting of PECC and the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers (“The Trans-Pacific Dimension of Asia-Pacific Integration”), Thammassat University, Phuket, May 25, 2003.
Trade Forum of PECC (“Developmental Aspects of Regional Trade Integration”), Institute of International Economics and Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., April 22-23, 2003.
Trade Forum of PECC (“Developmental Affinities as a Rationale for Asia-Pacific RTAs”), Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Vancouver, November 11-13, 2002.
Economy and Society Working Group of the Forum on East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (“The IT Revolution in East Asia and Latin America”), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tokyo, March 6-8, 2002.
APEC Roundtable (ÏCT Challenges for APEC”), Institute for South East Asian Studies, Singapore, June 8-9, 2001.
XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association ("The Role of Regional Integration Structures in the Response to the Crisis in East Asia and Latin America"), Toronto, Canada, October 6-9, 2010.
Keynote Speaker at the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Sciences of theNational University of Engineering ((“Economic Development and Human Capital Financing”), National University of Engineering, Lima, August 26, 2010.
Opening Lecture of the Academic Semester at the Institute of Government ofUniversity San Martin de Porres (“Economic Development and Human Capital Financing”), University San Martin de Porres, Lima, August 23, 2010.
Seoul Basic Income International Conference (“Investment in Human Capitaland Financial Markets”), Sogang University, Seoul, January 27-28, 2010.
Third All China Economic Conference (“Development and the Financing of Human Capital”), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 14 16, 2009.
Keynote Speaker at the XXXIV Anniversary of the Faculty of Sciences of Universidad de Santiago (“Science and Development”), Santiago de Chile, October 23, 2009.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“Finance and Development”), Singapore, July 13-15, 2009.
XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association ("Financial Tools for Decreasing Inequality"), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1114, 2009.
Third Annual Conference of the European Union Centre for Excellence (“TheRole of APEC in the Process of East Asian Regional Integration”), DalhousieUniversity, Halifax, April 26-28, 2009.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers (“Transpacific Experiences on Innovation and Entrepreneurship”), Piura (Peru), June 19-21, 2008.
Second All China Economic Conference (“Demographic Factors in the Economic Development of East Asia”), The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 12-14, 2007.
13th Congress of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (FIEALC 2007) (“Japan-Latin America Economic Relations within the Framework of APEC”), Macau, September 25-28, 2007.
Second Conference of the Asia and Oceania Council for Latin American Studies (“A Comparison of Development Policies and Performance of Braziland Korea”), COEX, Seoul, June 21-23, 2007.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers (“AFuture for APEC”), Melbourne, April 18-20, 2007.
First All China Economic Conference (“A Comparison of DevelopmentPolicies and Performance of Brazil and Korea”), The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 18-20, 2006.
VIII Franco-Japanese Colloquium in Economic Sciences (“Complementaritiesor Contradictions between APEC and the East Asia Economic Community”), Université de Paris Nanterre, Paris, November 6-7, 2006.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“Options for APEC Reform”), Ho Chi Minh City, May 23-24, 2006.
Workshop on the Future of APEC (“APEC in a Changing World”), APEC Study Center of the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, January 20, 2006.
XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association ("Regional Integration and Economic Development"), San Juan, Puerto Rico, March, 2006.
Inaugural Conference of the Asia and Oceania Council for Latin American Studies (“Opportunities for Commercial Relations between China and CentralAmerica”), La Trobe University, Melbourne, July 14-15, 2005.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“The Evolving Environment in the Pacific and the World and the Need for APEC Adaptation”), Cheju, May 22-24, 2005.
XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association ("International Implications of the Lula Presidency"), Las Vegas, October 6-9, 2004.
Special conference on APEC and FEALAC (keynote speaker), Council on Foreign Relations of Argentina, Buenos Aires, June 1, 2004.
Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities for Closer Relations Between Latin America and Asia (panelist), BID-INTAL and Okita Foundation, Buenos Aires, May 31, 2004.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“The Political Economy of Regional Integration in Japan and Korea”), Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, May 26-29, 2004.
LAEBA Conference on Economic Development and Integration in Asia and Latin America (“The Political Economy of Regional Integration, A Framework”), Tokyo, September 29-30, 2003.
11th Congress of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (FIEALC 2003) (“The New Lula Government: International Impact”), Osaka, September 26-28, 2003.
11th Congress of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (FIEALC 2003) (“Development Affinities and Regional Integration in the Western Hemisphere”), Osaka, September 26-28, 2003.
24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Latin American Studies(“The New Lula Presidency: Prospects for Brazil and Latin America”), Kanagawa University, Yokohama, June 7-8, 2003.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers (“APEC as a Bridge between Asia and Latin America”), Thammassat University, Phuket, May 26-28, 2003.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“New Trends in Trade Integration”), Universidad de Mérida, Merida, May 22-24, 2002.
XXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association ("Regional Integration and Economic Development"), Washington, DC, September 6-8, 2001.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“Developmental Affinities in Regional Integration”), Tianjin, May 18-20, 2001.
Workshop on Issues of Economic Transition in Developing Countries (“TheChallenges of Globalization for Transition Economies: Asia and Latin America”), Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, February 8-9, 2001.
International Conference on Economic Aspects of Quality Management (“TheRole of QM Tools in the Post War Economic Development of Japan”), Faculty of Economics of University “SS. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, November 15-16, 2000.
Interregional Approaches to Globalization, International Seminar of the EastAsia Latin American Forum (“Cultural and Social Perspectives”), Ministry ofForeign Relations of Chile and Chile Pacific Foundation, Santiago de Chile, October 30-1, 2000.
13th Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Business Studies (“Globalization and its Strategic Implications for Japanese Industry”), Oisomachi, June 9-11, 2000.
International Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association of Korea(“Trade and Foreign Direct Investment between Asia and Latin America”), Latin American Studies Association of Korea, Seoul, October 21, 1999.
Annual Meeting of the International Consortium of APEC Study Centers(“Academic Cooperation in the Context of APEC”), University of Auckland, Auckland, May 31-June 2, 1999.
International Conference on the Comparative Study of the DevelopmentModels in Latin America and East Asia (“Economic Growth and SocialEquity: Some General Points and Reflections on East Asia and Latin America”), Academy of Social Sciences of China, Beijing, June 22-25, 1998.
International Seminar on the First Century of Relations Between Chile and Japan ("Japan, A Vision from Latin America"), Ministry of Foreign Relationsof Chile and Chile Pacific Foundation, Santiago de Chile, December 1-2, 1997.
BRASA IV International Conference on Brazilian Studies (“Developmentexperiences of Brazil and Korea compared”), Brazilian Studies Association, Washington, DC, November 13-15, 1997.
PECC XII – Academic Centres Meeting (“Integration and development in EastAsia and the Americas”), Chile Pacific Foundation, Santiago, September 28, 1997.
Seminar on Alternative Analysis of Development Models (“ComparativeAnalysis of Brazil and Korea”), Catholic University of Chile, Santiago deChile, September 23, 1997.
Workshop on Rethinking Development in East Asia and Latin America (“Economic development and equity”), Pacific Council on International Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 11-12, 1997.
International Symposium on National Innovation Systems (“Conceptual issueson national innovation systems”), United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, March 5-7, 1997.
University Seminar on Latin America (Guest Speaker), Columbia University, New York, December 16, 1996.
Workshop on Japan in the 21st Century, Japan Society, New York, December 13, 1996.
East Asian Center Seminar (“Pacific Rim economic regional integration”), Columbia University, New York, November 19, 1996.
Symposium on Japan-Peru Economic Relations (Keynote Speech), Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, November 8, 1996.
International Workshop on Regional Integration and Economic Development, United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Chile Pacific Foundation, and Universidad de Chile, Santiago deChile, August 22-23, 1996.
Colloquium on Labor Flexibility and Productivity (“Labor flexibility and productivity in Japan”), University of Toronto, Toronto, June 15-16, 1995.
III Meeting of the Special Research Project on the International System (”Acomparative study of economic development in East Asia and Latin America”), Tokyo, December 15-16, 1994.
International Symposium on Structural Adjustment in Asia and Latin America(“Equity and economic growth”), Tsukuba, November 25-27, 1994.
Colloquium on Labor Flexibility and Productivity (“Labor flexibility and productivity in Japan”), Universidad de Guadalajara and El Colegio de México, Guadalajara, October 5-7, 1994.
Seminar on the Americas and the Pacific (“Latin America and the new economic axis of East Asia”), Brazilian Society for Study on Japan and thePacific, Sao Paulo, August 15, 1994.
15th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Latin American Studies(“Comparison of development strategies in Asia and Latin America”), Nagoya, June 11-12, 1994.
International Seminar Regional Integration in the Americas and the PacificRim (“Chile and the international trend for regional integration”), University of Kobe, Kobe, March 28-30, 1994.
XVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association ("Models of capitalism in the United States and Japan: Implications for Latin America"), Los Angeles, September 24-27, 1992.
20th Pacific Trade and Development Conference, Institute for InternationalEconomics, Washington, D.C., September 10-12, 1992.
IV International meeting on the evolution of the world economy and its impacts on Latin America ("Japan -Economy and international relations"),
Centro Latinoamericano de Economía y Política Internacional, Santiago deChile, June 22-23, 1992.
Experts Meeting on Relations Between Latin America and the Caribbean with Japan, Sistema Económico Latino Americano (SELA), Caracas, December 911, 1991.
Workshop on the North American Free Trade Association, Keidanren, Tokyo, October 23, 1991.
Economists' week ("The Japanese style of capitalism"), Pontificia Universidade Católica, São Paulo, August 12-16, 1991.
12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Latin American Studies("Trade and FDI relations between Japan and Latin America"), Nanzam University, Nagoya, June 7-9, 1991.
19th Pacific Trade and Development Conference, Chinese Academy of SocialSciences, Beijing, May 27-30, 1991.
First session of the Study Group on Japanese Policies Towards Latin America("Japanese economic policies"), Americas Society, New York, March 6, 1991.
Seminar on Japanese direct investment in the world and the new Brazilian industrial policy ("Japanese direct investment in Brazil"), Center of JapaneseStudies of Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, October 10, 1990.
III International meeting on the evolution of the world economy and its impacts on Latin America ("Perspectives of the Japanese economy"), Centro Latinoamericano de Economía y Política Internacional, Santiago de Chile, August 30-31, 1990.
Workshop on the political transition from military to civilian rule in Latin America, Nanzam University, Nagoya, May 31, 1990.
Japan-Latin America Conference ("Economic relations between Chile and Japan"), University of California, San Diego, April 27-28, 1990.
VI Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios Afroasiáticos (ALADAA) ("Relaciones económicas entre Japón y AméricaLatina"), Havana, September 1989.
9th Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society ("Models of inflationary acceleration"), Santiago de Chile, August 1989.
XXIII Reunión Anual de la Asociación Argentina de Economía Política ("Salarios, inflación y la tasa de interés"), La Plata, November 1988.
Workshop-Conference on Economic Conduct after the Transformation fromMilitary to Civil Government: Cases of Brazil and Argentina, Institute ofDeveloping Economies, Tokyo, October 1988.
8th Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society ("La tasa de interés en procesos inflacionarios e hiperinflacionarios"), San José (Costa Rica), August 1988.
XL Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência ("Amatemâtica e as outras áreas do conhecimento"), São Paulo, July 1988.
III Congress of the Association of Economists of Latin America and theCaribbean ("Salario e inflación"), Havana, November 1987.
IX Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional (""Politicacomercial e teoria do crescimento"), Brasilia, September 1986.
VII Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional ("Espaçosfibrados em economia"), Campinas, September 1984.
5th Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society ("Salários e preçospara o funcionalismo público"), Bogotá, August 1984.