- Augusto Álvarez Rodrich
Augusto Aníbal Álvarez Rodrich (born
12 October 1959 inLima ) is aPeru vian economist and journalist in print, radio and television.He obtained a bachelor's degree in
economics at theUniversity of the Pacific (Peru) before going on to obtain a master's degree in public administration at theJohn F. Kennedy School of Government atHarvard University , where he was a Fulbright scholar. He also studied specialised courses atStanford University , theUniversity of Manchester andNorthwestern University .He worked for "Grupo Apoyo" from 1980 until 2002, reaching the position of General Director of Apoyo Communications and editor of the magazines "Perú Económico", "Semana Económica" and "Debate". He was also Director of Apoyo Opinion and Market and of the Apoyo Institute.
He became Vice President of the Commission for Entry and Exit of the Indecopi Market, Vice President of Osiptel and Director of
Interbank . He also participated as assessor of projects for multilateral organisations and various processes ofprivatisation in Peru,Colombia andGuatemala .He has been director of the daily "Perú 21" since its foundation and anchor of the
radio programme "Ampliación de Noticias" (amplification of the news, "Radio Programas del Perú", RPP) and associate professor at theUniversity of the Pacific . He was director and anchor of thetelevision programme "Dos Dedos de Frente" (two fingers in front, "Frecuencia Latina ").He moderated the debate between
Alan García andOllanta Humala in thePeruvian general election, 2006 .Books
Álvarez is the author of various books and academic essays (in Spanish) on privatisation, the
public sector and state reform:* "La implementación de políticas públicas en el Perú" (editor), 1995
* "El Poder en el Perú"(editor), 1993
* "Principios de Empresas Estatales y Privatización", 1992
* "Empresas Estatales y Privatización: Cómo reformar la actividad empresarial del Estado en el Perú", 1991
* "Negociación Económica Internacional: La Experiencia del Perú", 1990
* "Los Objetivos de las Empresas Estatales", 1985.External links
* [http://www.peru21.com/comunidad/columnistas/html/DirectorIndex.html Perú21] Column of the Director of "Perú 21".
* [http://www.frecuencialatina.com.pe/noticias/dos_dedos_defrente/ Frecuencia Latina] "Dos Dedos de Frente" programme.
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