People
Alejandro Werner
- Director, Georgetown Americas Institute
- Research Collaborator, Growth Lab
Alejandro Werner joined the Georgetown Americas Institute as founding director in March 2022. He participated in the Growth Lab’s Bolivia’s Economic Pivot research project from 2025 to 2026. His expertise is in economic outlook, emerging markets, monetary policy, currency, financial crises, and fiscal policy in Latin America.
- Served as director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from January 2013 to August 2021.
- Taught at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Instituto de Empresa, and Yale University.
- Authored multiple articles and Peru: Staying the Course of Economic Success (2015).
- Served as undersecretary of finance and public credit, director of economic policy and chief of staff at the Finance Ministry of Mexico, as well as director of economic studies at the Bank of Mexico and head of corporate and investment banking at BBVA-Bancomer.
- Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007.
Research Projects
Project
Bolivia
Bolivia’s Economic Pivot
In response to Bolivia’s deepening economic crisis, our researchers examined the underlying causes of the country’s challenges and put forward ideas for short-term stabilization and medium-term growth.
Project
Bolivia
Un Giro Económico para Bolivia
En respuesta a la profundización de la crisis económica de Bolivia, nuestros investigadores examinaron las causas subyacentes de los desafíos que enfrenta el país y plantearon ideas para la estabilización a corto plazo y el crecimiento a mediano plazo.