To ensure the implementation of the Bank’s monetary and financial policy; to make decisions affecting the money and foreign exchange markets; to introduce general policies on the economic regulatory framework and on financial system growth; to establish the denominations and features of bills and coins; to authorize the opening of new financial or foreign exchange institutions or to revoke their authorization to operate; to adopt regulations on Bank organization and management; to perform all the other duties assigned to it under BCRA Charter Sections 14 and 15.

Curriculum Vitae

A graduate in Economics (Licenciado en Economía) from the University of Córdoba, MA in Economics with a major in Development Studies from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) Quito Academic Headquarters, and PhD in Political Economy from York University (Canada), Mr. Bocco was the chairman of Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior and director of Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

He was also the vice president of the Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) and the Secretary General of the Association of Argentine Private and Public Banks (ABAPPRA).

A consultant at the IBRD, the IADB, the UNDP and UNICEF, he has published more than 10 economic research books and around 100 technical, opinion and academic articles in the print media from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. He is a member of the UNDP Committee of 30, comprising Latin American scholars and intellectuals who discuss and propose economic and social policies for the region.

He has lectured in graduate and postgraduate courses, specializing in Economic Development and Political Economy, at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the National University of Luján (UNLU), the University of Belgrano (UB), the National University of San Luis (UNSL), the National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC), the National University of Cuyo, FLACSO, the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, the Central University of Ecuador and York University (Toronto, Canada).