Carlos Felipe Jaramillo is the lead economist for the Central America department of the World Bank. Previously, he was the World Bank’s director for the Andean region (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). In this position, Jaramillo was responsible for the programs that support development in these five nations. He was also responsible for a broad program of loan operations and studies. Prior to that, Jaramillo served as sector administrator for the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM) for Europe and Central Asia. He also held various positions in the public administration of Colombia such as vice minister of finance, director of the Department of Economic Studies and Macroeconomic Programming for the Central Bank of Colombia, and the director of the commercial office of the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Washington. Jaramillo has been a professor at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá and the University of Maryland. His academic work has focused on macroeconomic topics, trade policy, and rural development. Jaramillo is the author of four books and numerous publications in professional magazines. His latest book entitled DR-CAFTA: Challenges and Opportunities for Central America was published by the World Bank in 2006.  Jaramillo received his masters and doctoral degrees in applied economics from Stanford University.