José Alejandro Peres Cajías Place of born: La Paz, Bolivia Date of born: September 13 th, 1982 Address: Avenida Mistral 59, Prin. 2, 08015, Barcelona Mobile: (34) 635 405 629 E-mail: joseperescajias@gmail.com ACADEMIC TRAINING Degree: Phd in Economic History Center: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: September 2008 To: April 2013 (expected) Degree: Masters Diploma of Advanced Studies in Economic History. Project Research with Distinction Center: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: September 2006 To: September 2008 Degree: Graduate in Economics. Best thesis in Economics First Semester 2005 Center: Universidad Católica Boliviana- La Paz (Bolivia) From: January 2000 To: July 2005 ACADEMIC AWARDS Award: VIII Premi Fons Bibliogràfic de la Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona Work title: Cuando los deseos no lo son todo? Hacienda pública en Bolivia, 1882-2007 Institution: Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Date: July 2012 Award: Best thesis in Economics Work title: Comportamiento de la Agricultura Lícita en el Trópico de Cochabamba. El Plan Dignidad y el Proyecto CONCADE. Institution: Faculty of Economics, Universidad Católica Bolivia- La Paz Date: July 2005 GRANTS Grant: Phd Grant (Ajut per Personal Investigador en Formació) Institution: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: September 2008 To: September 2012 VISITING SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTS Grant: Visiting Scholarship for Research Abroad Catalunya, BE-DGR 2011 Donor institution: Agència de Gestió d'ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Catalonian Government) Host Institution: Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University From: October 2012 To: March 2013 1
Grant: Visiting Scholar Donor institution: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) Host Institution: Postgrado CIDES -Universidad Mayor de San Andrés- La Paz (Bolivia) From: November 2011 To: December 2011 Grant: Visiting Scholar Donor institution: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) Host Institution: Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University (USA) From: March 2011 To: June 2011 Grant: Visiting Scholar Donor institution: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) Host Institution: Escuela de la Producción y de la Competitividad, Universidad Católica Boliviana -La Paz (Bolivia) From: February 2010 To: April 2010 LANGUAGES Language Read Spoken Written Spanish Excellent Excellent Excellent English Good Good Good French Good Good Fair Portuguese Good X X Catalan Good X X PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Title: Public Revenues in Bolivia, 1900-1931 Book Title: Carreras, Albert and César Yañez (eds.), Latin-American Economic Backwardness Revisited. Year: 2012 Pages: 167-175 Publishers and Place: Pickering & Chatto, London. Title: Repensando el desarrollo desde la historia económica: crecimiento y lucha de débiles. Book Title: Desarrollo en Cuestión: reflexiones desde América Latina. Year: 2012 Pages: Publishers and Place: CIDES-UMSA and Plural, La Paz. Title: El armazón estatal y sus imaginarios. Historia del Estado. Coauthor: Rossana Barragán Book Title: Informe Nacional de Desarrollo Humano 2007. El Estado del Estado. Year and: 2007 Pages: 127-218. Publishers and Place: United Nations Office for Development- Bolivia, La Paz Title: LXXV Años. Regulación y Supervisión Financiera en Bolivia. 1928-1982. Coauthors: José Antonio Peres Arenas and Sergio Antezana Book Title: LXXV Años. Regulación y Supervisión Financiera en Bolivia. 1928-2003 Year: 2003 Pages: Volume I Publishers and Place: Banking and Finance Institutions Superintendent s Office, La Paz 2
Working papers Title: Intraregional trade in South America, 1913-50. Economic linkages before institutional agreements Coauthors: Marc Badia-Miró and Anna Carreras-Marín Collection: Documents de Treball de la Facultad d Economia I Empresa, Col.lecciò d Economia, E12/270 Year: 2012 Publishers and Place: University of Barcelona, Barcelona. Reviews Book reviewed: Braütigam, Deborah; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Moore, Mick (eds.), Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries. Capacity and Consent. Cambridge University Press, 2008, 294 pp. Journal: Revista de Historia Industrial. Economía y Empresa, Volume: 41 Pages: 197-199 Year: 2008 Place of publication: Barcelona Book reviewed: United Nations Office for Development- Bolivia, 2005 National Report of Human Development Bolivia and 2006 Thematic Report: The Economy Beyond the Gas. Journal: Tínkazos, Revista Boliviana de Ciencias Sociales, Volume: 19 (November) Pages: Year: 2005 Place of publication: La Paz INVITED SEMINARS Title: Towards a New Economic History in Bolivia Place of celebration: Postgrado en Ciencias del Desarrollo (CIDES) La Paz (Bolivia) Date: December 15, 2011. Title: Fiscal challenge from a historic perspective: the Bolivian case Place of celebration: Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo s Formation Courses ( Fiscal Agreement in Latin America: Public Finances, Public Policy and Development ), Barcelona (Spain) Date: October 11, 2011 RESEARCH PROJECTS Project: Economic growth, market integration and regional inequality in Latin America, 1870-2010 Position: Researcher (Chief Researcher: Alfonso Herranz) Funding Institution: Science and Innovation Ministry of Spain From: September 2012 To: September 2015 Project: Strenghtening Habilities and Training in Economic History at Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Bolivia (A3/038986/11, Project) Position: Researcher (Chief Researcher: César Yáñez) Funding Institution: Foreign Relations and Cooperation Ministry of Spain From: November 2011 To: November 2012 3
Project: Regional Growth Factors in Spain and Portugal, 1850-2008: an inquiry from the Economic History (ECO2009-13331-C02-02, Project) Position: Researcher (Chief Researcher: Alfonso Herranz) Funding Institution: Science and Innovation Ministry of Spain From: September 2009 To: September 2012 Project: A comparative study of the Spanish military spending in the very long term (1850-2009) (2009RICIP00005, Project) Position: Researcher (Chief Researcher: Alfonso Herranz) Funding Institution: University and Research Grants Agency of Catalunya and Institut Internacional per la Pau From: September 2010 To: September 2011 Project: A Concise History of Bolivia by Herbert Klein Position: Research Assistant for the Second Edition in Cambridge University Press Concise Histories Funding Institution: From: March 2010 To: May 2010 Project: Finance Regulation and Supervision in Bolivia, 1825-2008 Position: Junior Researcher (Chief Researcher: José Antonio Peres Arenas) Funding Institution: Banking and Finance Institutions Superintendent s Office From: March 2008 To: June 2008 Project: Historical Chapter for the 2007 National Report of Human Development, Bolivia Position: Junior Researcher (Chief Researcher: Rossana Barragán) Funding Institution: United Nations Office for Development- Bolivia From: January 2006 To: August 2006 Project: Finance Regulation and Supervision in Bolivia, 1928-2003 Position: Junior Researcher (Chief Researcher: José Antonio Peres Arenas) Funding Institution: Banking and Finance Institutions Superintendent s Office From: July 2003 To: December 2003 TEACHING Course: World Economic History Hours: 60 Faculty and University: Economics and Business Graduate, Economics Faculty, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: February, 2012 To: March, 2012 Course: Work and Communication Techniques Hours: 40 Faculty and University: Labor Studies, Law Faculty. Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: October, 2010 To: October, 2010 Course: World Development History Hours: 75 Faculty and University: Escuela de la Producción y de la Competitividad, Universidad Católica Boliviana -La Paz (Bolivia) From: February 2010 To: April 2010 4
Course: Work and Communication Techniques Hours: 40 Faculty and University: Labor Studies, Law Faculty. Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: October, 2009 To: October, 2009 Course: History Introduction Hours: 15 Faculty and University: Economics Faculty, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: September, 2009 To: September, 2009 Course: World Economic History Hours: 60 Faculty and University: Economics and Business Graduate, Economics Faculty, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) From: September, 2008 To: September, 2009 Course: Economics Introduction Hours: 30 Faculty and University: Humanities Studies, Philosophy Faculty, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) From: March, 2008 To: September, 2008 Course: Crisis and Economics Perspective in Latin America Hours: 60 Faculty and University: International and Intercultural Studies, Psychology Faculty, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) From: September, 2007 To: February, 2008 PROFFESIONAL SERVICES Service: Advisory Committee Institution: Montevideo-Oxford Latin America Economic History Database (MOxLAD) Date: Since July 2011 Service: Organization of Conference Institution: 5 th Economic History Conference, Uruguayan Economic History Association (AUDHE), Session: Symposium 14. Public Finance Administration: Perspectives on 20 th Century,Montevideo (Uruguay) CONFERENCES Title: Bolivian Oil and Natural Gas under State and Private control, 1920-2011 Coauthor: Herbert Klein Session: Varieties of Capitalism 5
Title: Factors behind South-American trade integration failure, 1913-50 Coauthors: Marc Badia-Miró and Anna Carreras-Marín Session: Trade and The Integration Of Peripheral Countries In The World Market Title: Taxes on Bolivian Natural Resources exports (1880-1950). Well beyond static Session: Trade and growth in the Periphery: the Dependency Theory Revisited Title: Human Capital Formation and Social Public Expenditure in Bolivia, 1900-2010 Session: Human Capital in Africa and Asia Title: Bolivian Public Finances, 1883-2007. Where is the curse? Session: Natural resources in historial perspective: curse or blessing? Title: The Bolivian Economy in the very long term: a preliminary approximation to the growth experience from the independence Coauthor: Alfonso Herranz Conference: 5 th Economic History Conference, Uruguayan Economic History Association (AUDHE) Session: Symposium 2. National Accounts and other indicators of economic behavior in Historic perspective: series, methodologies and interpretations Place of celebration: Montevideo (Uruguay) Title: Using Economic History to rethink Bolivian development: a battle between weak? Conference: 5 th Economic History Conference, Uruguayan Economic History Association (AUDHE) Session: Symposium 5. Institutions and Development Place of celebration: Montevideo (Uruguay) Title: Public Finances and Natural Resources in Bolivia, 1883-2007. Where is the curse? Conference: 5 th Economic History Conference, Uruguayan Economic History Association (AUDHE) Session: Symposium 9. Natural Resources in Historical Perspective: Cursing or Blessing? Place of celebration: Montevideo (Uruguay) 6
Title: Bolivian State incomes and expenditures in the 20 th Century. Levels, volatility and composition. Conference: 5 th Economic History Conference, Uruguayan Economic History Association (AUDHE) Session: Symposium 14. Public Finance Administration: Perspectives on 20 th Century Place of celebration: Montevideo (Uruguay) Title: Potosí was not anymore Potosi. Economic consequences of Bolivian Independence Conference: 10 th Spanish Economic History Association International Congress. Session: Main Session B. The Economic Impact of Colonies Independence and the Liberal Revolutions in Latin America and Spain. Place of celebration: Carmona (Sevilla), Spain Date: September 8-10, 2011 Title: Regional Trade Integration In Latin America Between The World Wars: A Missed Opportunity? Coauthors: Marc Badia-Miró and Anna Carreras-Marín Conference: 9 th European Historical Economic Society Conference Session: Trade In The Great Depression Place of celebration: Dublin, Ireland Date: September 2-3, 2011 Title: The State in the Bolivian Economy, 1883-2010: An approach from Public Finance Conference: 6 th Bolivian Studies Association Congress Session: The Challenge of Economic growth with social equity. Place of celebration: Sucre, Bolivia Date: June 27-30, 2011 Title: Potosí was not anymore Potosi. Economic consequences of Bolivian Independence Conference: 8 th Etno-history International Congress. Etno-history beyond Ethnic Groups Session: Riots, Clashes and Reconfigurations Place of celebration: Sucre, Bolivia Date: June 26-29, 2011 Title: Interregional trade in the 1920 s: the cases of Bolivia, Chile y Perú Coauthors: Marc Badia-Miró and Anna Carreras-Marín Conference: 2 nd Spanish Economic History Association Meeting. Place of celebration: Madrid, Spain Date: September 9, 2010 Title: Average Tariff in Latin American poor countries: the Bolivian case (1900-1951) Conference: Tariffs in History, Instituto Figuerola and Carlos III University Place of celebration: Madrid Date: May 13-14, 2010 Title: Fiscal Income in Bolivia, 1900-1950. New evidence to re-think Bolivian Public Finances Conference: 2 nd Latin American Economic History Congress (CLADHE) Session: Public Finance in Latin America: regressive and progressive, direct taxes and indirect taxes (XVIII-XX Century) Place of celebration: Mexico City, Mexico Date: February 3-5, 2010 7
Title: Bolivian tax revenues, new quantitative evidence Conference: XV th World Economic History Congress Session: E5. Latin America Backwardness Revisited: New Empirical Contributions in Economic History Place of celebration: Utrecht, Netherlands Date: August 3-7, 2009 Title: Asumptions and budgets: relations between Bolivian Central State and Departments Coauthor: Rossana Barragán Conference: 4 th Bolivian Studies Association Congress Place of celebration: Sucre, Bolivia Date: 22-24 June, 2006 OTHER ACADEMIC TRAINING Course: Summer School in Economic History Center: Universidad de la República- Montevideo (Uruguay) From: December 6, 2010 To: December 17, 2010 Course: Global Euronet Research Design Course 2009 Center: European Graduate School for Training in Economic and Social History From: July 28, 2009 To: July 31, 2009 Course: Quantitative Methods for Economics Center: Universidad Privada Boliviana- La Paz (Bolivia) From: March, 2006 To: July, 2006 REFERENCES Professor: Alfonso Herranz Loncan Position: Lecturer Proffesor, University of Barcelona Contact: alfonso.herranz@ub.edu Professor: Herbert Klein Position: Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Stanford University and Colombia University Contact: hklein@stanford.edu Professor: Luis Bértola Position: Senior Lecturer, Universidad de la República Uruguay Contact: lbertola@fcsum.edu.uy Barcelona, September 4 th 2012 8