José Manuel Puente

Professor at IESA's Public Policies Center. Areas of expertise: Political Economy, Macroeconomic, Public Finances and Budgeting.

Education B.A. (Economics) School of Economics. Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) Caracas, Venezela (1989-1994) MSc. in Public Administration and Public Policy The London School of Economics and Political Science (1996) MSc. in Public Policy in Latin America University Of Oxford (1997) Ph.D. in Political Economy University of Oxford, (2005) Thesis: The Political Economy of the Budget-Making Process in Venezuela. 1974.1999. Supervisors: Rosemary Thorp (Department of Economics) & Alan Angell (Department of Politics)

Academic experience IESA’s Public Policy Center Macroeconomics Political Economy Economics of the Public Sector Public Budgeting Adjunct Professor. 2009-Present Associate Professor. 2005-2009 Adjunct Professor. January 2001-2005.

Visiting Researcher. April 2000-December 2000 Public Policy Center Coordinator, IESA. 2010-2013 Consultant - Inter American Development Bank (IDB) 2005-2006 and 2009-2010 Research Assistant - Area of Public Policy Latin American Centre for Development administration (CLAD). 1994-1996 Economics School - Central University of Venezuela Msc. in Economic Theory and Policy Political Economy Economics School - Central University of Venezuela Undergraduate. International Economics I & II, Teacher assistant, International Economics I & II. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello Msc. in Finance: Public Finances

Other professional activities Member of the Academic Commitee - Centre for Dissemination of Economic Knowledge “CEDICE” (2009-Present)

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Participant - International Visitor Leadership Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, 2010 Participant - Harvard Business School's Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, 2011 Vice-President of Economics and Finance - Cámara Inmobiliaria Metropolitana 2008-2012 (Caracas Chapter of the Venezuelan National Association of Real Estate Professionals) Director of the Board - Jeantex (Grupo Telares de MaracayEurobuilding) 2009-Present Numerous international conferences, at international research institutes and universities, including: University of Oxford, Harvard

University, MIT, University College London, Tulane University, Miami University, Center for Strategic & International Studies (USA), ESAN (Peru), and IPRI (Brazil). Referee for: Revista Venezolana de Análisis de Coyuntura, Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Consejo se Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico, Central University of Venezuela and Ediciones IESA. Contributor to the Newspapers “El Nacional” and “El Universal” President - “Oxford Venezuela Society” (University of Oxford) February 1998-June 1999 Founder - “Forum Venezuela” United Kingdom 1996. Secretary of National Affairs Universitarios” UCV 1994-1995.

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Member of the Academic council - School of Economics UCV 1992-1995 Founder - “National Student Economic Council” 1993-1994.

Research and Publications Puente, J. Rente et révolution. L’économie politique vénézuélienne pendant les présidences d’Hugo Chávez. (Problèmes d'Amérique Latine, No 87 Hiver 2013) Puente, J, Deuda Pública Venezolana: ¿Cuánto más Puede Endeudarse Venezuela?, (Volumen XVIII, No 1, January-March 2013) Quiles, V & Puente, J “Impacto Distributivo de las Reformas del IVA en Venezuela (1993-2011)” Revista de Ciencias Sociales. Vol XVIII, No. 2 April-June 2012 Puente, J, et al., Open Budget Index 2012: the Case of Venezuela, (International Budget Partnership, Washington, January, 2013) Puente, J, La Recuperación Económica Camina en la Cuerda Floja, (Debates IESA, Volumen XVII, No 2, April-June 2012)

Manzano, O, Monaldi, F, Puente, J & Vitale, S, Oil Fueled Centralization: The case of Venezuela, en Oil and Gas in Federal Systems (Oxford University Press, Canada, 2012) Puente, J, Venezuela: The Paradoxes of an Oil Economy (Brookings Institute, Washington D.C., 2011) Faria, H, Morales, D, Puente, J & Sepulveda, C, How can Government Increase Fiscal Transparency? (The Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Conference, Nassau, Bahamas, April 2011) Puente, J, Renta y Revolución: La Economía Política de Venezuela durante el Gobierno de Hugo Chávez (Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, USA, 2012) Puente, J and Gutierrez, H, La Economía Venezolana: ¿Y si el Milagro no Llega?, (Debates IESA, Volumen XV, No 4, OctoberDecember 2010) Malone, S and Puente, J, Boom and Disequilibrium in the 21st Century Venezuela: The Macroeconomic History of the Bolivarian Revolution,(Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, October 2010) Puente, J, Gómez, P, & Vera, L., La Economía Venezolana: La Productividad Perdida, (Debates IESA, Volumen XV, No 1, JanuaryMarch 2010) manzano, o, Monaldi, F, Puente, J & Vitale, S, Oil Fueled Centralization: The case of Venezuela, (Working Paper, Ottawa, Forum of Federations, 2009) Puente, J, et al., Open Budget Index 2010: the Case of Venezuela, (International Budget Partnership, Washington, September, 2010) Puente, J, Análisis Coyuntural y Prospectivo de la Economía Venezolana, (Simposio nacional "La Venezuela que viene" (Universidad de Zulia, December 2009)

Puente, J, Gómez, P, & Vera, L., The Political Economy of Productivity: The Case of Venezuela, (Working Paper, Washington, IADB, April, 2009) Puente, J, Daza, A, Rios, G & Rodríguez, A, Oil Wealth, Changing Political Structure and the Budget Process en Hallerbergerg, M, Scartascini, C & Stein, E, Who Decides the Budget (David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Harvard University, 2009) Puente, J, et al., Open Budget Index 2008: the Case of Venezuela, (International Budget Partnership, Washington, February, 2009) Puente, J, Una Simulación Venezolana: El Presupuesto de la Nación 2008, (IESA, 2008). malone, S & Puente, J, En Medio de la Bonanza Petrolera, el Riesgo País Aumenta. ¿Que saben los Mercados que Nosotros no Sabemos?, (Debates IESA, Volumen XIV, No 3, July-September 2008) Herrero, A & Puente, J, Los Costos de los Conflictos Empresariales en América Latina, (Debates IESA, Volumen XIII, No 2, April-June 2008) Puente, J, “Die Wirtschaft Venezuelas: Gegenwartige Lage und Perspektiven innerhald des MERCOSUR en “Analysen und Berichte Venezuelas Neitritt zum MERCOSUR, (Konrad Adenauer, May 2007) Puente, J, A Economia Venezuelana: Situacao atual e Perspectivas no Mercosul, (Cadernos Adenauer, Ano VIII, No 1, 2007) Herrero, A & Puente, J, La Conflictividad en las Empresas de América Latina Revista Venezolana de Análisis de Coyuntura, (Volumen XIII, No 1, January-June 2007) Puente, J. The Budget Process in Venezuela. 1974-2004, (Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, September 2007) Puente, J, Daza, A, Rios, G & Rodríguez, A, The Political Economy of the Budget Process in the Andean Region. The Case of Venezuela, (Working Paper CS-103, Washington, IADB, January, 2007)

Puente, J, Una Simulación Venezolana: El Presupuesto de la Nación 2006, (IESA, 2006). Puente, J, “La Economía Venezolana: Pasado, Presente y Futuro” en “os Paises da Comunidade Andina 1” Heloisa Vilhena de Araujo Editora, (FUNAG-IPRI 2004) Puente, J, “La Economía Política del Gasto Social en Venezuela” Revista del Banco Central de Venezuela. Vol XVIII, No. 1 January-June 2004 Puente, J., ¿Es Conveniente una Disminución de la Tasa del IVA en Venezuela?, (Debates IESA, Volumen IX, número 2, January-March 2004) Puente, J Gasto Público Social: ¿Una Historia de Ganadores o Perdedores?, (Revista Venezolana de Análisis de Coyuntura, Volumen VII, Número 2, July-December 2001) Puente, J Impacto Fiscal y Distributivo de la Reforma al Impuesto al Valor Agregado, (OAEF, 2002) Puente, J, Una Simulación Venezolana: El Presupuesto de la Nación 2001, (IESA-OCEPRE, 2001). Daza, A. & Puente, J, Escenarios para la Economía Venezolana: Estabilización o Simplemente Retraso de la Reformas, (Debates IESA, Volumen VII, Número 21, July-September 2001) Puente, J. & Penfold, M, Mitos y Realidades del Gasto Social en Venezuela, (Debates IESA, Vol. VI, Número 2, October-December 2000) Puente, j, What are the Forces which Shape the Tax Structure in Venezuela. A Public Choice Analysis. The London School of Economics. Working Paper. 1997.

Scholarships and awards Award for Best Article about Venezuela - Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2013

IESA Best Teaching Award 2012 and 2013 - Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA) Cargill Research Award - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Level II Researcher - Program for the Promotion of Research (PPI-CONICIT) 2006-2011 Overseas Scholarship - 2000-2001Council for Scientific Human Development (Central University of Venezuela) Oxford Overseas Bursaries - 1997-1998, 1998-1999 and 19992000 University of Oxford Chevening Scholarship Programme – 1996 British Government

LSE-Scholarship 1996 - The London School of Economics