Moisés Naím

Moisés Naím
Naím speaking at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2009
Venezuelan Minister for Development
In office 1989–1990
President	Carlos Andrés Pérez
Succeeded by	Imelda Cisneros
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Nationality	Venezuelan
Profession	Journalist

Moisés Naím (born 1952) is a Venezuelan writer and columnist. He is currently a Senior Associate in the International Economics program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

He has written extensively on international politics and economics, economic development, multilateral organizations, U.S. foreign policy, and globalization's unintended consequences. His weekly column on global affairs in Spain's El País is also published by many of the leading Spanish language newspapers in the Americas. He also writes regular columns for Italy's L'Espresso and his work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME, Le Monde, Berliner Zeitung, and many other internationally recognized publications.

He is the author or editor of eight books, including Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy, a best seller selected by the Washington Post as one of the best nonfiction books of 2005. Illicit is published in 18 languages and is the basis of a documentary produced by National Geographic Film and Television for worldwide broadcasting. The documentary won a 2009 Emmy award.

Naím served as Venezuela’s Minister of Trade and Industry, and played a central role in the initial launching of major economic reforms in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Prior to his ministerial position, he was professor and dean at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), a business school and research center in Caracas. He was also the director of the projects on economic reforms and on Latin America at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Naím was also associated with the World Bank, where he served as an Executive Director. From 1996 to 2010, Naím was the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine. Under his leadership, the magazine re-launched, won the National Magazine award for General Excellence three times, and became one of the world's most influential publications in international affairs.

Dr. Naím is a member of the World Economic Forum's International Media Council and is the Chairman of the Group of Fifty and Population Action International. He is also a member of the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy and the International Crisis Group, and he sits on the advisory board of the Washington-based think-tank Global Financial Integrity.^[1]

Naím holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Books

• Naím, Moisés (2006). Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy. Anchor. ISBN 978-1400078844. 
•   ; Smith, Gordon (2000). Altered States: Globalization, Sovereignty, and Governance. IDRC Books. ISBN 978-0889369177. 
•   ; Tulchin, Joseph (1999). Competition Policy, Deregulation and Modernization in Latin America. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 1-555-87818-0. 
•   ; Edwards, Sebastian (1998). Mexico 1994: Anatomy of an Emerging-Market Crash. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 0870031546. 
•   ; Goodman, Louis W.; Forman, Johanna Mendelson; Tulchin, Joseph S. & Bland, Gary (1995). Lessons of the Venezuelan Experience. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. ISBN 978-0943875668. 
•    (1993). Paper Tigers and Minotaurs: The Politics of Venezuela's Economic Reforms. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 978-0870030260. 

Notes

1. ^ "Advisory Board - Global Financial Integrity". http://www.gfintegrity.org/content/view/15/136/. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 

External links

• www.moisesnaim.com
• PostGlobal Panelist
• G-50
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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