The Problems of Economic Development and the Environment

Ricardo Melendes Ortiz

Friday, 10 Nov 1989 at 3:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union

Ricardo melendez Ortiz is an advisor to the Minister of Economic Development in columbia and President of the International Affairs Chapter of the Colegia Verde de Villa de Leyva. He is an economist who received his undergraduate degree from Harvard.
Part of the World Affairs Series: Transforming the Ecological Crisis

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