The Chief Economist's Office provides guidance on strategic priorities and technical quality of economic analysis in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region. This mission is accomplished through: - Advising on country and sectoral strategies - Quality enhancement of economic justification and analysis in adjustment and investment lending - Ensuring relevance, coherence and quality of non-lending services - Developing and disseminating Regional Economic Studies - Serving as principal Regional spokesperson inside and outside the Bank on strategic and economic issues facing the region 
| Â Augusto de la Torre, Regional Chief Economist | Â Â Â Â Â | 
| Â Paula Grigolli Pedro, ET Consultant | 
| Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Deputy Chief Economist | Â | 
| Â Maria Virginia Poggio, ST Consultant | 
|  Maurice Schiff, Lead Economist |  | 
| Â Carlos Felipe Prada, ET Consultant | 
|  Cesar Calderon, Senior Economist |  | 
| Â Felipe Valencia, ET Consultant | 
|  Julián Messina Granovsky, Senior Economist |  | 
|  Ruth Delgado, Senior Program Assistant | 
| Â Laura Chioda, Research Economist | Â | Â  | Â Erika Bazan Lavanda, Program Assistant | 
| Â Tatiana Didier, Research Economist | Â | Â | Â |
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