Raúl Prebisch
Argentine economist (1901–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Raúl Prebisch (April 17, 1901 – April 29, 1986) was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA or CEPAL) in 1950.[1] In 1950, he also released the very influential study The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems.[1]
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Raúl Prebisch | |
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Born | (1901-04-17)April 17, 1901 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina |
Died | April 29, 1986(1986-04-29) (aged 85) Santiago de Chile, Chile |
Academic career | |
Field | Development economics |
School or tradition | Structuralist economics |
Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Contributions | Singer–Prebisch thesis |
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