Bernardo Kliksberg

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Bernardo Kliksberg

Bernardo Kliksberg (* in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine economist , sociologist and journalist who is best known for his work in the field of development theory. He is considered the developer of the concept of social management (not to be confused with social management ).

Today he is director of the Inter-American Development Institute, which belongs to the Inter-American Development Bank and is based in Washington, DC, and has worked in his career at the United Nations and as an advisor to Presidents Néstor Kirchner and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on social issues.

Life and career

Kliksberg comes from a humble background, his parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland . He studied economics , sociology , accounting and management at the University of Buenos Aires . He became known for his work from the 1970s onwards, which dealt with poverty reduction in Latin America. He worked with concepts such as social capital and corporate social responsibility (CSR), which ultimately led him to the concept of social management.

As a journalist he writes for Clarín , La Nación , O Globo and La República (Montevideo), among others . He has also published several books and specialist articles on the Holocaust .

Works (selection)

  • Administracion, subdesarrollo y estrangulamiento tecnologico: introduccion al caso latinoamericano , Paidos, Buenos Aires 1973
  • Cómo enfrentar la pobreza (with Enzo Faletto), Ed. Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires 1989, ISBN 950-694-065-7
  • Shoah (Ed. And author, with Simone de Beauvoir ), Unión Israelita de Venezuela, Caracas 1992
  • Social Management - strategic issues , United Nations, New York 1997, LCCN 98110784
  • Diez falacias sobre los problemas sociales latinoamericanos , Banco Central de Venezuela, Caracas 2001, ISBN 980-6479-30-0
  • Social Justice , Gefen, Jerusalem 2003, ISBN 965-229-164-1
  • Hacia una economía con rostro humano , Fondo de Cultura Económica Argentina, Buenos Aires 2003, ISBN 950-557-594-7
  • Más ética, más desarrollo , Temas, Buenos Aires 2004, ISBN 987-9164-97-0
  • Primero la gente (with Amartya Sen ), Planeta / Deusto, Barcelona 2007, ISBN 978-84-234-2583-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bernardo Kliksberg: "La equidad no se consigue por decreto" , La Nación , June 15, 2008

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SURNAME Kliksberg, Bernardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine economist, United Nations employee
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires