M. F. MONTES

Senior Advisor on Finance and Development, The South Centre (Geneva, Switzerland), Doctor of Economics. He was previously Chief of Development Strategies, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; UNDP Regional Programme Coordinator, Asia Pacific Trade and Investment Initiative based at the Regional Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka; Programme Officer for International Economic Policy at the Ford Foundation in New York, 1999–2005; Coordinator for economics studies at the East-West Centre in Honolulu, 1989–1999; and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of the Philippines, 1981–1989. His publications have been in macroeconomic policy, development strategy, income inequality, climate change financing and industrial policy: “The UN’s 2030 Development Agenda: Global Responsibilities and National Sovereignty”, “The Combination of Global and National Interests as the Challenge of the 21st Century”, “Democracy, Good Governance, and the Rule of Law: Do These Apply to the International Economic System?”, etc.

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