Miguel Székely Pardo

I. Personal Data

Name:    E. Miguel Székely P.
Date and place of Birth: Mexico D.F. 27-IX-1965
Nationality:   Mexican
Civil Status:   Married
Address and Phone:  Reforma #116-12, Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtemoc
México City, 06600. e-Mail: mszekely@sedesol.gob.mx

II. Profesional Experience

2002 -   Undersecretary of Planning and Evaluation, Social Development Ministry.

2001 - 2002  Chief of the Unit for  Regional Development, Executive Office for Strategic Planning and Regional Development, Office of the President , México.

1996 -  2001  Researcher-Economist, Specialist in the Social Sector, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.

1994 - 1995  Tutor in Economy for  Development, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford.

1989   1993  Professor and Researcher ,  Economic Studies Centre, El Colegio de
   México.

1990   1992  Subject Professor , Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

1987-1993  Planning and Management Director, Tarszek, S.A. de C.V.

III. Other Activities

2002   Member of the  “Panel of Eminent Experts” of  External Advisors of the United Nations Program  for Development, Human Development Report 2003.

2002-   Member of the Consultative Council of the National Institute of  Statistic, Geography , and Information Technology.

2002-   Member of the External Advisor Council of  the Public Policies and Development Studies Institute of  Universidad de  las Américas, Puebla.

2002-   Member of the Mexican Committee of Macroeconomics and Health, 
Health Secretariat, Mexico.

2001-   Member of the Technical Committee for  Poverty Measurement in Mexico (coordinator of the Committee since March 2002).

2001-   Vice President of the Territorial Development Policy Committee, OECD, Paris.

IV. Academic Titles

1993 - 1996   PHD in Economics, Oxford University , England.

1992 - 1993   Masters Degree in Economic Development, University of Oxford, London.

1988   1990   Masters Degree in Public Politics , Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de     Mexico, ITAM, México.

1985   1989   Bachelors Degree in Economy, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de    México, ITAM, México.

V. Publications

46 Articles published in Academic Magazines

4 Published Books

25 Chapters in Books

9 Documents in process for publication

VI. Magisterial Conferences

1998 “Poverty and Inequality in Mexico” XIX th International Simposium on Economics, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México.
1998 “Income Distribution, Factor Endowments and Trade Openness”, I Coloquio Académico de las Américas, San José de Costa Rica, March.
1999 “What´s Behind the Latin American Inequality?: A look at the 1990´s data” 12th World Congress of the International Economic Association. Buenos Aires, August.
2000 “Economic Reform and Inequality” 10th Anniversary, Human Development Report, UNDP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.