Raúl Prebisch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raúl Prebisch

Argentine economist

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1901

Place of Birth: San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Date of Death: 29-Apr-1986

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Raúl Prebisch (April 17, 1901 – April 29, 1986) was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory.
He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA or CEPAL) in 1950.
In 1950, he also released the very influential study The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems.