Our Team

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

	  Augusto de la Torre, Regional Chief Economist	    Â		  Paula Grigolli Pedro, ET Consultant
	Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Deputy Chief Economist	Â		  Maria Virginia Poggio, ST Consultant
	  Maurice Schiff, Lead EconomistÂ	Â		  Carlos Felipe Prada, ET Consultant
	  Cesar Calderon, Senior Economist	Â		  Felipe Valencia, ET Consultant
	  Julián Messina Granovsky, Senior Economist	Â		  Ruth Delgado, Senior Program Assistant
	  Laura Chioda, Research Economist	Â	Â	  Erika Bazan Lavanda, Program Assistant
	  Tatiana Didier, Research Economist	Â	Â	Â