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Raúl Prebisch

Argentine economist (1901-1986) · Argentina · Academics · Died at 85

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Raúl Prebisch was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America in 1950.

A life in dates

1986Died29 April 19861977Medal of honor Dag HammarskjoldAward1974Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International UnderstandingAward1973Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward1901Born17 April 1901

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Awards

Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold1977
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding1974
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense1973
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru

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Raúl Prebisch was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America in 1950. In 1950, he also released the very influential study The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems.

Country
Argentina
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1986 · aged 85

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