Augusto Aníbal Álvarez Rodrich (born 12 October 1959) is a

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vian economist and journalist who works in print, radio and television.

Early life and education

Rodrich was born in

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. He earned a bachelor's degree in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

at the Universidad del Pacífico before earning a

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from the

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. He also studied specialised courses at

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, the

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and

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Career

He worked for ''Grupo Apoyo'' from 1980 until 2002, reaching the position of General Director of Apoyo Communications and editor of the magazines ''Perú Económico'', ''Semana Económica'' and ''Debate''. He was also Director of Apoyo Opinion and Market and the Apoyo Institute. He became Vice President of the Commission for Market Entry and Exit at Indecopi, Vice President of OSIPTEL and Director of

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. He also participated as advisor of projects for multilateral organisations and various processes of

privatisation Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation w ...

in Peru,

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and

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. He has been director of the daily '' Perú.21'' since its foundation until November 2008, and anchor of the

radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...

programme ''Ampliación de Noticias'' (news in depth, ''

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'', RPP) and associate professor at the University of the Pacific. He was director and anchor of the

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

programme ''Dos Dedos de Frente'' (Spanish expression for "common sense", '' Frecuencia Latina''). he has a column in ''

La República ''La República'' () is a Peruvian newspaper based in Lima, Peru. It is one of the two main national daily newspapers sold all over the country since it was founded on November 16, 1981. History Founding and early history The paper was fou ...

''. He moderated the debate between

Alan García Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the American Popula ...

and

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in the

2006 Peruvian general election General elections were held in Peru in on 9 April 2006 to elect the President, two Vice-Presidents, 120 members of Congress and five members of the Andean Parliament for the 2006–2011 period. As no presidential candidate received a majority o ...

Books

Álvarez is the author of various books and academic essays (in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

) on privatisation, the

public sector The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, pu ...

and state reform: * ''Perú, 1964-1994: Economía, Sociedad y Política'', 1995 * ''La implementación de políticas públicas en el Perú'' (editor), 1995 * ''El Poder en el Perú'' (editor), 1993 * ''Principios de Empresas Estatales y Privatización'', 1992 * ''Empresas Estatales y Privatización: Cómo reformar la actividad empresarial del Estado en el Perú'', 1991 * ''Negociación Económica Internacional: La Experiencia del Perú'', 1990 * ''Los Objetivos de las Empresas Estatales'', 1985.

References

External links

''Claro y directo'' column
at '' La Republica'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez Rodrich, Augusto Peruvian journalists Peruvian male journalists Peruvian male writers 20th-century Peruvian economists Peruvian Jews University of the Pacific (Peru) alumni Stanford University alumni Northwestern University alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Living people 1959 births Peruvian expatriates in the United States