Ladislau Dowbor

Ladislau Dowbor graduated in political economy from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and his PhD in social economics is from the Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw, Poland. He was an advisor in economic development and planning in Africa (for 7 years), Asia and different countries in Latin America with the UN technical assistance programs. He was an advisor at the Instituto Lula, Brazil, helping develop different programs for the Lula administration, while teaching at the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil.