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Prebisch, Raúl D., 1901–86 (B3)
Argentinian economist, who virtually founded UNCTAD, being its first secretary-general from 1962 to 1969. He was a graduate and professor of political economy of the University of Buenos Aires.
After employment in the Ministry of Finance, he was appointed the first director-general of the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning in 1948, a recognition of his status as a leading authority on Latin American economic problems. On the restoration of democracy to Argentina in 1984, he became an adviser to the new president. His policy proposals have influenced thinking On a NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER.
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