Mr. Rios is a Fulbright Scholar with a Master Degree in Economics from Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, USA. He has more than 20 years experience in international financing of development projects. His field experience covers Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The last ten years of his professional career at the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), where he also held the position of Executive Director for Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia, were devoted to accountability issues. He was the Coordinator of the Independent Investigation Mechanism at the IDB since 2000, and of the Inter American Investment Corporation (IIC) since 2002 until 2005. Mr. Rios has also had more than ten years of teaching experience at the universities of San Andres, in La Paz; San Simon, in Cochabamba and Technical University, in Oruro, Bolivia. 1. Work Experience • Coordinator of the Independent Investigation Mechanisms (IIM) at the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter American Investment Corporation (IIC). Washington D.C. – United Sates of America. 2000-2005. • Executive Director for Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia (URUPABOL Group) at the Inter-American Development Bank. Washington D.C. - United States of America. 1979 – 1982. • Minister Counselor of Economic and Financial Affairs at the Bolivian Embassy in Washington D.C. - United States of America. 1977 – 1979. • National Director of Global Planning and Economic Policy at the Ministry of Planning and Coordination. La Paz - Bolivia. 1974-1977. 2. Teaching Activities • Professor of Project Appraisal and the Theory of Economic and Social Planning at the University of San Andres. La Paz – Bolivia. 1974 to 1977, • Professor of Money and Banking at the Technical University of Oruro, Oruro –Bolivia. 1971 to 1976, • Professor of Economic Integration at the Technical University of Oruro. Oruro - Bolivia. 1972 to 1976, • Professor of Project Appraisal at the Technical University of Oruro. Oruro - Bolivia. 1972 to 1976. 3. Academic Background • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (1971) Master of Arts in Economics Fulbright Scholar • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000) John F. Kennedy School Program on Investment Decisions: Effective Decision Making Seminar • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000) Kennedy School Program on Leadership for Senior Executives: Seminar on Strategies for Enhancing Executive Influence • Agency for International Development (AID), Washington, D.C. (1977) Economic Development and Investment Policies • Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), Santiago, Chile (1975). Regional and Industrial Planning 4. Publications • Accountability Issues in International Development Projects. Co-Author with Walter Leal Filho. Peter Lang. Frankfurt am Main. 2007. • Latin American Integration process. The Andean Group. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (1999). • Participación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en el Financiamiento Externo de Bolivia. (1983). Washington D.C. USA • Guía y Manual para la Elaboración de Proyectos de Inversión. Corporación Regional de Desarrollo de Oruro. Oruro – Bolivia 1976. • Latin American Free Trade Association. The decisions facing Bolivia. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. 1971. 5. Languages • Fluent in Spanish (mother language) and English. Working level, Portuguese