Background

Knox, Alexander David was born on January 15, 1925 in Carapichaima, Trinidad, West Indies. Son of James and Elizabeth Maxwell (Robertson) Knox.

Education

University of Toronto, 1943-1947, Bachelor of Arts. London School of Economy, 1947-1949. Spoken languages: English, Spanish, French.

Career

Director, Project(s) Department, Latin America & the Caribbean Region, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development since 1972. Director, Transport, Transportation Project(s) Department, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, District of Columbia, 1969-1972. Director, Public Utilities Project(s) Department, 1968-1969.

Assistant Director, Project(s) Department, 1967-1968. Division Chief, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund, 1965-1966. Loan Officer, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund, 6365.

Reader in Economy, London School of Economy, 1955-1963, Lecturer, Assistant Lecturer, London School of Economy, 1949-1954.

Achievements

• Avocations: opera, walking. M C.

Works

• book

  • ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES OF THE LATIN AMERICAN DEBT CRISIS: LESSONS FROM THE PAST

• Other Work

  • Author: Latin American Debt, 1990. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member advising committee Save the Children Fund, since 1993. County member Worldaware, London, since 1994.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Economics; opera, theater, tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Beatrice Lily Dunell, July 15, 1950. Children: Andrew William James, Elizabeth Helen, Julia Beatrice.

father:

James Knox

mother:

Elizabeth Maxwell (Robertson) Knox

spouse:

Beatrice Lily Dunell

child:

Elizabeth Helen Knox

child:

Julia Beatrice Knox

child:

Andrew William James Knox