Camilo E. Tovar is the Senior Economist in the Regional Studies Division of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department. He previously worked at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Representative Office for the Americas in Mexico and in the Emerging Markets Issues Division of the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS in Switzerland. He has also served as an Economic Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquartered in Chile, as Advisor to the Finance Minister of Colombia and as Advisor to the Director of the National Planning Department in Colombia. Latest posts: