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Development Talk: How Can Wall Street Avoid Funding Dictators?
February 1, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries, regions, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy.
Speaker: Marcos Buscaglia, Economist, Former Wall Street Analyst and Emerging Markets Expert
Moderator: Javier Murcio, Director, Emerging Markets; Portfolio Manager and Senior Sovereign Analyst at Standish and ex-JP Morgan
Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch will be provided. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. 
Marcos Buscaglia has more than 30 years doing research on the economies of Emerging Market countries and advising Wall Street companies. He is also emerging as a leading voice on the topic of markets and democracy. He is the founder of Alberdi Partners, a consultancy firm dedicated to political, economic and market analysis of Latin American countries. Buscaglia was for five years chief Latin America economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and ranked #1 in the Institutional Investor rankings in the categories Latin America economics and Argentina in 2015. He also served as chief economist for Latin America at Citibank in New York, and as chief economist for the Southern Cone countries at Citibank, based in Buenos Aires.