Ronald MacLean Abaroa
Encyclopedia
Ronald MacLean Abaroa is a Bolivian politician and leading international expert in anti-corruption programs. MacLean-Abaroa was the first democratically elected mayor of La Paz
, Bolivia
, and was reelected four times between 1985 and 1991 to this office. He has held five national cabinet positions including planning, foreign affairs, information and communications, finance and development, under three different Bolivian presidents.
or A.D.N (Acción Democrática Nacionalista in Spanish), the party founded by former Bolivian Dictator General Hugo Banzer
). He was Banzer's Minister of Information during the Bolivian Water Wars of 2000. The June 2002 elections marked his first, unsuccessful bid for the presidency of Bolivia. Shortly after, he joined the World Bank
as Lead Public Sector specialist on governance
, decentralization
, and poverty reduction
.
MacLean-Abaroa received his B.Sc. in Development Economics (1971) from the University of Maryland
and his MPA (1980) from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Research Fellow. He also served as the Senior Governance Researcher of the Central America Project with the Harvard Institute for International Development
, leading research on institutional reform and governance and working on issues of decentralization, devolution of government powers to local citizens, and anti-corruption strategies.
MacLean has served as a consultant and advisor on governance and anti-corruption issues to different international organizations and governments. He chaired both the Economic and Social Council of the Andean Pact Countries (1977) and the Board of Directors of the Andean Development Corporation (2000). Aside from his World Bank work, he currently leads Poder Vecinal, a non-profit think-tank that promotes citizen empowerment and participation. A founding member of Transparency International
, he is on their Advisory Council and served as the first chairman of TI-Latin America. He also sits on the advisory council of CILAE (Centro de Investigación Latinoamérica Europa)
.
La Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, and was reelected four times between 1985 and 1991 to this office. He has held five national cabinet positions including planning, foreign affairs, information and communications, finance and development, under three different Bolivian presidents.
Biography
In March 2002, MacLean won his party's first-ever primary election and the nomination as the presidential candidate of the right wing Nationalist Democratic ActionNationalist Democratic Action
Nationalist Democratic Action is a right-wing political party in Bolivia led by Jorge Quiroga. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator Hugo Banzer after he stepped down from power. It later expanded to include the Revolutionary Left Party and a faction of the Bolivian Socialist...
or A.D.N (Acción Democrática Nacionalista in Spanish), the party founded by former Bolivian Dictator General Hugo Banzer
Hugo Banzer
Hugo Banzer Suárez was a politician, military general, dictator and President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from August 22, 1971 to July 21, 1978, as a dictator; and then again from August 6, 1997 to August 7, 2001, as constitutional President.-Military and ideological...
). He was Banzer's Minister of Information during the Bolivian Water Wars of 2000. The June 2002 elections marked his first, unsuccessful bid for the presidency of Bolivia. Shortly after, he joined the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
as Lead Public Sector specialist on governance
Governance
Governance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
, decentralization
Decentralization
__FORCETOC__Decentralization or decentralisation is the process of dispersing decision-making governance closer to the people and/or citizens. It includes the dispersal of administration or governance in sectors or areas like engineering, management science, political science, political economy,...
, and poverty reduction
Poverty reduction
Poverty is the state of human beings who are poor. That is, they have little or no material means of surviving—little or no food, shelter, clothes, healthcare, education, and other physical means of living and improving one's life....
.
MacLean-Abaroa received his B.Sc. in Development Economics (1971) from the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
and his MPA (1980) from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Research Fellow. He also served as the Senior Governance Researcher of the Central America Project with the Harvard Institute for International Development
Harvard Institute for International Development
The Harvard Institute for International Development was a think-tank dedicated to helping nations join the global economy, operating between 1974 and 2000...
, leading research on institutional reform and governance and working on issues of decentralization, devolution of government powers to local citizens, and anti-corruption strategies.
MacLean has served as a consultant and advisor on governance and anti-corruption issues to different international organizations and governments. He chaired both the Economic and Social Council of the Andean Pact Countries (1977) and the Board of Directors of the Andean Development Corporation (2000). Aside from his World Bank work, he currently leads Poder Vecinal, a non-profit think-tank that promotes citizen empowerment and participation. A founding member of Transparency International
Transparency International
Transparency International is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development. It publishes an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide...
, he is on their Advisory Council and served as the first chairman of TI-Latin America. He also sits on the advisory council of CILAE (Centro de Investigación Latinoamérica Europa)
CILAE (Centro de Investigación Latinoamérica Europa)
CILAE is a non-partisan, non-profit and independent think tank focused on fostering the sociopolitical and economic development of Latin America and its relations with Europe...
.
See also
- Politics of BoliviaPolitics of BoliviaThe politics of Bolivia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is head of state, head of government and head of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...