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Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel took up the position of OECD Chief Economist and Head of the Economics Department, in September 2008. A national of both Germany and Chile, he spent the previous 12 years as Chief of Economic Research at the Central Bank of Chile. Before that he was Principal Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank.
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Since 2004 Mr Schmidt-Hebbel is Full Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Chile. In 2007-2008 he was President of the Chilean Economic Association. He has worked closely with international organisations (IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, UN, IPRI, AERC and others), central banks (New Zealand, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Costa Rica), governments, and universities, providing key policy advice on a wide array of topics ranging from macroeconomics and growth policies, to pension systems and capital market reforms, institutional organisation and policy design.
Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel has been widely published in the field of macroeconomics, monetary policy, international finance, economic growth, and development. He speaks fluent Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, and basic French.
Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MA in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile.
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