Bruno Saraiva is a Brazilian economist (BSc at UnB and ABD at UMass-Amherst) and sociologist (MSc at UnB) with a professional career mostly in the public sector, holding positions at the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance, before coming to work at the World Bank and the IDB. Currently, he is Principal Country Economist at the IDB’s Southern Cone Department.
Thomas Grennes
Thoughts From Across the Atlantic
Thomas Grennes is a professor of economics at the North Carolina State University and a former visiting faculty member at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. His research has dealt with various aspects of international economics, including open economy macroeconomics, international finance, and international trade in agricultural products. Recent research topics have included macroeconomic aspects of the Great Moderation, offshore outsourcing, sovereign wealth funds, and the relationship between government debt and economic growth. Earlier work dealt with emerging market issues in the Baltic countries and Russia and trade and macro policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Economic history topics include the Columbian Exchange of plants and animals, the effects on food markets of introducing mechanical refrigeration, and the integration of Tsarist Russia into the world grain market. When he is not involved in economics, he enjoys mountain hiking.
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