Peter Heller
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Peter S. Heller is a recognized expert on fiscal policy and public finance. The former Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), he has advised both industrial and developing countries on broad macroeconomic policy strategies and technical policy reforms for over 30 years.
Peter's pioneering book, Who Will Pay? Coping with Aging Societies, Climate Change and Other Long-Term Fiscal Challenges(2003), put the integration of the multiple long-term policy challenges that will arise in the 21st century onto the agenda of government fiscal policy makers. He has been invited to talk about these issues at high-level fora throughout Europe and the United States and is a frequent participant at the World Economic Forum
at Davos.
Peter has also published widely on issues of aging population, health care, and social security, particularly as relates to industrial countries and Asia.
As a development economist, Peter has written many articles on fiscal policy, taxation, and government expenditures and has led numerous technical assistance missions to developing and transition countries. He was one of the first to emphasize the problem of the underfunding of recurrent expenditure programs. He has also highlighted the challenges that a scaling-up of aid flows will pose for low-income countries.
Peter is also recognized as an expert on the interface between health policy and macroeconomics, and has explored the relevance of "fiscal space'" to health and the Millennium Development Goals
. He was an active participant in WHO's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, the UN Millennium Project, and UNAIDS' Steering Committee on Universal Access.
Peter has lectured widely at universities, think tanks, and international conferences on the topics of maintaining multiple interpersonal policies and managing their adjunct economic budgets.
Peter received a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University
in 1971 and a B.A. from Trinity College
, Hartford, CT.
(Text from petersheller.com, reproduced with permission of Peter S. Heller)
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
(IMF), he has advised both industrial and developing countries on broad macroeconomic policy strategies and technical policy reforms for over 30 years.
Peter's pioneering book, Who Will Pay? Coping with Aging Societies, Climate Change and Other Long-Term Fiscal Challenges(2003), put the integration of the multiple long-term policy challenges that will arise in the 21st century onto the agenda of government fiscal policy makers. He has been invited to talk about these issues at high-level fora throughout Europe and the United States and is a frequent participant at the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
at Davos.
Peter has also published widely on issues of aging population, health care, and social security, particularly as relates to industrial countries and Asia.
As a development economist, Peter has written many articles on fiscal policy, taxation, and government expenditures and has led numerous technical assistance missions to developing and transition countries. He was one of the first to emphasize the problem of the underfunding of recurrent expenditure programs. He has also highlighted the challenges that a scaling-up of aid flows will pose for low-income countries.
Peter is also recognized as an expert on the interface between health policy and macroeconomics, and has explored the relevance of "fiscal space'" to health and the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...
. He was an active participant in WHO's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, the UN Millennium Project, and UNAIDS' Steering Committee on Universal Access.
Peter has lectured widely at universities, think tanks, and international conferences on the topics of maintaining multiple interpersonal policies and managing their adjunct economic budgets.
Peter received a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1971 and a B.A. from Trinity College
Trinity College (Connecticut)
Trinity College is a private, liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut after Yale University. The college enrolls 2,300 students and has been coeducational since 1969. Trinity offers 38 majors and 26 minors, and has...
, Hartford, CT.
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(Text from petersheller.com, reproduced with permission of Peter S. Heller)