Francisco Rodríguez

Who is Francisco Rodríguez?

Francisco R. Rodríguez is a Venezuelan economist and assistant professor of Economics and Latin American Studies at Wesleyan University since 2005, who was the head of the Office of Economic and Financial Advisory of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2004 during the presidency of Hugo Chávez.

Rodríguez received an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, and an undergraduate degree in economics from Venezuela's Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. He has been an associate editor of Economía: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association since 2008. Rodríguez has published three articles and a number of papers critical of the Chávez administration. His article, "An Empty Revolution: The Unfulfilled Promises of Hugo Chávez", was published in Foreign Affairs, a podcast "Rodriguez: Venezuela Nationalizations Might Be A 'Smokescreen'" was hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, and he has been quoted a number of times in media reports on the Chávez administration.

In 2008, Rodríguez became the Head of Research of the United Nations Human Development Report Office.