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United States of America Chile Argentina Egypt Guatemala South Africa Peru Republic of the Congo Bolivia Ecuador United Arab Emirates |
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| Type | Finance | ||||||||
| Gender | male | ||||||||
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16 November 1961, New York |
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| Age | 59 years | ||||||||
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Bernardo Javalquinto-Lagos (born November 16, 1961)[1] is a Latin American economist and educator.[2]rnBorn to a family of Chilean descent, Javalquinto-Lagos was born in New York, New York and raised in Egypt.
He is perhaps most known for being the founder of the Yunus School of Social Business,[3] teaching students economics and conducting research about business and development around the world.[4][5][6]
Javalquinto Lagos worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. from 1988 to 1992.[7]
Javalquinto-Lagos is a regular fixture in local media, credited for mentoring students in business and social innovation. He directed a mentor program in October 2014 at the University of Maryland in Santiago Chile, teaching alumni career guidance and leadership skills.[8][9] In 2015, Javalquinto-Lagos received the SCIACCA Economic Award for poverty alleviation, youth and women’s rights,[10]and global climate change.[11] Javalquinto-Lagos is a professor at Universidad Mayor and a member of the editorial board at Grameen Bank. He was awarded by the Argentine Senate as one of the leaders for development in Latin America for poverty alleviation.[12][13][14]
He continues to pursue government and politics while conducting international finance and business endeavours.[15][16]