José Antonio Ocampo
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Colombian economist
academic
economist
former United Nations official
former government minister
human
university professor
José Antonio Ocampo is a Colombian economist and former UN official known for his influential work on development economics, inequality, and international financial reform.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| José Antonio Ocampo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1098983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: José Antonio Ocampo Context triple: [Leontief Prize, notableLaureate, José Antonio Ocampo]
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Mauro F. Guillén
Mauro F. Guillén is a Spanish-American sociologist and management scholar known for his work on globalization, economic sociology, and future trends, and for holding prominent academic leadership roles at top business schools.
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B.
Alfonso Salmerón
Alfonso Salmerón was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
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C.
Carlos Lage Dávila
Carlos Lage Dávila is a Cuban politician and former vice president who was once considered a key architect of Cuba’s economic policies and a potential successor to Fidel Castro.
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D.
José Palacios
José Palacios is a character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "The General in His Labyrinth," depicted as the loyal servant and companion of Simón Bolívar during the liberator’s final journey.
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E.
Miguel Malvar
Miguel Malvar was a Filipino general and revolutionary leader who became one of the last prominent commanders to continue armed resistance against American colonial forces in the Philippines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: José Antonio Ocampo Target entity description: José Antonio Ocampo is a Colombian economist and former UN official known for his influential work on development economics, inequality, and international financial reform.
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A.
Mauro F. Guillén
Mauro F. Guillén is a Spanish-American sociologist and management scholar known for his work on globalization, economic sociology, and future trends, and for holding prominent academic leadership roles at top business schools.
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B.
Alfonso Salmerón
Alfonso Salmerón was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the original companions of Ignatius of Loyola and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
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C.
Carlos Lage Dávila
Carlos Lage Dávila is a Cuban politician and former vice president who was once considered a key architect of Cuba’s economic policies and a potential successor to Fidel Castro.
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D.
José Palacios
José Palacios is a character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "The General in His Labyrinth," depicted as the loyal servant and companion of Simón Bolívar during the liberator’s final journey.
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E.
Miguel Malvar
Miguel Malvar was a Filipino general and revolutionary leader who became one of the last prominent commanders to continue armed resistance against American colonial forces in the Philippines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Colombian economist
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academic ⓘ economist ⓘ former United Nations official ⓘ former government minister ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Economics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Colombia ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Notre Dame
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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United Nations ⓘ United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ |
| familyName | Ocampo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Latin American economic development
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development economics ⓘ economic history ⓘ inequality ⓘ international economics ⓘ international financial reform ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| givenName | José Antonio ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| name | José Antonio Ocampo self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to debates on reform of the international financial architecture
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publications on global development strategies ⓘ publications on macroeconomic policy in developing countries ⓘ research on inequality and social policy in Latin America ⓘ work on Latin American structuralism ⓘ work on commodity cycles and Latin American economic history ⓘ work on development macroeconomics ⓘ work on global economic governance ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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public official ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy
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Co-director of the Board of Directors of the Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia) ⓘ Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration at Columbia University (past) ⓘ Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia ⓘ Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ Member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University ⓘ Member of the United Nations High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (advisor/participant roles in UN processes) ⓘ Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia ⓘ Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia ⓘ Professor at Columbia University ⓘ Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University ⓘ Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form:
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Economic and Social Affairs
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| workInstitution | Columbia University ⓘ |
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