Juan Manuel Villasuso Estomba

Juan Manuel Villasuso holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from Lousiana State University, USA, and has been Professor of Economics at the University of Costa Rica since1971. He is writing a paper for UNRISD on Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Costa Rica.
He has coordinated numerous projects on aspects of Costa Rica’s economic development. He has published extensively on Costa Rica’s political economy, including “El sector externo de la economía de Costa Rica: Realidades y retos”, “Procesos electorales y política económica en Costa Rica”, “La reforma del Estado y la tutela de los derechos fundamentales: Enfoque económico y político”.