Pedro

"my first job was, uh, at teaching"

"my main responsibilities as an academician was, uh, you know, to, uh, to teach and, uh, uh, and do research."

"I visited many countries in Africa. I visited Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, and Malawi."

"So it's a matter of convincing, and that's, uh, that can take, uh, quite a bit of work."

"The thing that I enjoyed the most was having success in convincing a government that their policies were not the best"

"Trying to convince people to change if the change is warranted, and giving their kudos for doing the change."

"Economics is a complete science that can help you improve not only your life, but the life of many other people."

"In the World Bank, you have to have a very solid knowledge of economics, especially of development economics and macroeconomics in general."

"The internships also were very good because they acquainted you with all kinds of projects, all kinds of activities that the World Bank does."

"be prepared for anything"