Luis Cosenza

Luis Cosenza, executive director for Central America and Belize at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and a member of the bank’s board of directors, will spend academic year 2006-2007 at Kellogg.

Prior to his current position, Cosenza was minister of the presidency in Honduras, responsible for coordinating the day-to-day activities of the government and working with multilateral and bilateral donors. He also was the campaign manager for Honduran President Ricardo Maduro.

While at Kellogg, Cosenza will research economic reforms undertaken in Honduras over the past two decades and compare them to those outlined in the Washington Consensus.  The project will then evaluate the reform process with an emphasis on lessons learned in light of the pending reform agenda in the country.

Consenza holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Kellogg Lectures: "Remittances in LAC: Their Social, Economic and Political Implications" (Nov. 28, 2006)