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Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
Born (1936-06-27) 27 June 1936 (age 87)
NationalityChilean
Political partyChristian Democratic Party[1]
(1958−present)[2]
Academic career
InstitutionPontifical Catholic University of Chile, Corporación de Estudios para Latinoamérica, Central Bank of Chile, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
FieldMacroeconomics
School or
tradition		Chicago school of economics
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
ContributionsApplied macroeconomics
AwardsNational Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences (2005)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis (born 27 June 1936) is a Chilean economist. He is Professor of the Department of Economics and the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales at the University of Chile. Along with a few other Chilean students, Ffrench-Davis got the chance to study at the University of Chicago in the 1960s. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1971. Although the students were later named Chicago Boys, Professor Ffrench-Davis was a critic of the neo-liberal policies implemented in Chile by the Pinochet dictatorship.

From 1964 to 1970, Ffrench-Davis was Deputy Manager of the Central Bank of Chile. He was Co-founder of the think tank Center for Economic Research on Latin America (CIEPLAN) where he acted as Vice-President from 1976 to 1990. Between 1990 and 1992, he was Director of Research and Chief Economist, of the Central Bank of Chile, when Chile designed the successful countercyclical regulation of the external accounts. From 1992 to 2004 he became Principal Regional Adviser at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL/ECLAC)[3][4]

Ffrench-Davis was awarded the National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences from the State of Chile in 2005.[5][6] He was Chairperson of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations in 2007–2010; in 2004–2010 he represented Presidents Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet in the International Initiative to Fight Hunger and Poverty, launched by Brazil, Chile, France and Spain.

References

  1. ^ "Guillier suma a Ricardo Ffrench-Davis a equipo económico". Canal 13. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, el anti Chicago Boy". América Economía. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ^ University of Chile, Curriculum Vitae Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ R. Albert Berry, Gustavo Indart Indart, Critical Issues in International Financial Reform, Transaction Publishers, 2003, ISBN 9781412820721, p. xi
  5. ^ University of Chile, Curriculum Vitae Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Ricardo Ffrench-Davis recibe Premio Nacional de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales" [Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Receives National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 21 August 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2017.


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