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Otaviano CANUTO, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund

July 1, 2015
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International Relations
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Americas and Carribean
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Otaviano CANUTO, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, Previous Senior Adviser on BRICS Economies at the World Bank

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Otaviano Canuto
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute. Former Vice President and Executive Director at the World Bank, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Vice President at the Inter-American Development Bank. ...

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