COLFUTURO Yearbook Selection 2026

Economics Alejandro Badel Senior Economist International Monetary Fund COLFUTURO recipient, 2003. Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. in economics from Georgetown University (United States). Economist from Universidad de los Andes. Andrés Felipe Giraldo Palomino Associate Professor in the Department of Economics Pontificia Universidad Javeriana COLFUTURO Recipient in 2007 and 2015. Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. in Economics f rom Southern Methodist University (United States); M.A. in Economics f rom Brown University (United States); M.A. in Economic Sciences and a degree in Economics f rom Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Carlos Alberto Arango Arango Researcher Lead, Deputy Management of Payment Systems and Banking Operations Division Banco de la Republica de Colombia (Central Bank) COLFUTURO 1994 recipient. Ph.D. in Economics and M.S. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States); M.A. in Economics fromUniversidad de los Andes; Bachelor of Economics from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; and graduate of the advanced workshop for central bankers at Northwestern University (United States). Jhon James Mora Rodríguez Full Professor at the Isaac Gilinski School of Business and Economics ICESI University Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Alcalá (Spain); M.S. in Landscape, Territory, and Environmental Resources: Analysis and Management from the Autonomous University of Madrid; Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad del Valle. Jorge Hernán Toro Córdoba General Management Advisor Banco de la República de Colombia (Central Bank) COLFUTURO recipient1992. Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. in Economics from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom); M.A. in Economics and Bachelor of Economics from Universidad de los Andes. SELECTION YEARBOOK 2026 45