Juan Pablo Jiménez is a Professor of Public Finance at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) at the University of Buenos Aires. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Center for Economic Research (CINVE) in Uruguay and the Vice President of the Ibero-American Association for Local Financing (AIFIL). Dr. Jiménez was the office director of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Uruguay and the coordinator of the Fiscal Area of the Economic Development Division of ECLAC in Santiago, Chile.  In addition, he was a visiting Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) of Columbia University in New York. Moreover, he worked in the Argentinean Ministry of Economy, the Argentinean National Congress and the Department of Fiscal Affairs of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Finally, he has been a consultant to numerous organizations, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, UNICEF, and the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Columbia University and another Master’s Degree in Economics from the Di Tella Institute in Buenos Aires. He is the author of numerous books, articles and publications on economic development, public economics, taxation, fiscal policy, natural resources, climate change, social policies, inequality and fiscal federalism.