Daniel Titelman

Daniel Titelman serves as the Director of the Economic Development Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Previously, he was the Coordinator of the Special Studies Unit of the Executive Secretary at ECLAC, and expert on Monetary and Financial Policies. Mr. Titelman has a long and substantive experience in Macroeconomic and Financial Issues and has published numerous papers on these subjects. He is currently the focal point for financing for development issues in ECLAC. He coordinates the joint ECLAC/GTZ Programme “Towards sustainable and equitable globalization”, component 4(b): Social policy and access to financial services geared to the struggle against poverty (Financing). He was also the principal expert of the joint ECLAC/IDB project on “Public Banking and the Development of Productive Sector.” He has participated in the elaboration of many institutional ECLAC reports on issues related to the macroeconomic financing and economic growth and development like: Globalization and Development, Growth and Stability, Productive Development in Open Economies. He has provided technical assistance to various countries in the region on issues related to macroeconomic and financial policies, and social protections schemes. He also has participated as speaker in numerous national, regional and international seminars.

Titelman studied economics at the University of Los Andes in Colombia and received his PhD at the University of California San Diego. His specialization fields were econometrics and macroeconomics. He also has a Masters degree in Political Science from the Latin American Faculty of Social Science. 

Titelman is a member of the Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary Fund, a consortium of experts working to advance development-centered climate policy at the IMF.