Our Researchers

Daniel E. Ortega is director of impact assessment at CAF -development bank of Latin America- and associate professor at IESA in Caracas. His work focuses on the microeconomics of development, with an emphasis on impact assessment for crime reduction, educational programs, and public capacity. His research has been published in several international journals. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland in the USA and is an Economist from the Central University of Venezuela. See publications

Senior Research Economist at CAF Socioeconomic Research Unit, where he has been working for more than 10 years. Before joining CAF, he was a Research Economist at the Central Bank of Venezuela.   He is an Economist from Universidad Central de Venezuela with a Master Degree in Operations Research from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a PhD in Economics from The University of Rochester.    His research interests relate to Productivity and Growth, Labor Economics and Development Economics.   

Ph.D. in Economics at Brown University (USA). Master in Economics at the same university. Degree in Economics from the University of the Republic (Uruguay). His research interests are in the areas of urban economics, development, and applied microeconomics. See publications

Ph.D. in Economics at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). Master in Economics at the same university and at the Universidad del Cema (Argentina). Degree in Economics from the National University of Córdoba (1997). His research interests are in the areas of labor economics, economic development, family economics, and public policy and program evaluation. Previously, he worked as a research economist at the IERAL of the Mediterranean Foundation (Argentina) and as a professor at the Pompeu Fabra University, the National University of Córdoba and the 21st Century Business University (Argentina). See publications

Dolores de la Mata holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Master's degree in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2011). Her research interests include: health economics, education economics, labor economics and economic development. Previously she worked as a senior lecturer at Universidad del Rosario (Colombia), lecturer at Universidad Carlos III and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. She was a researcher at IERAL of Fundación Mediterránea (Argentina). See publications

Ph.D. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics (France). Master in Public Policy from the University of Chicago (USA). His research interests are in the areas of labor, education and development economics. Before joining CAF he was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. He has been a consultant for international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations and the Population Council. In Mexico, he collaborated with the CIDAC think tank and, in the private sector, with INSAD and Hill and Knowlton. See publications

Ph.D. in Economics at the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies - CEMFI (Spain). Master in Economics from the same university. Degree in Economics from the University of Carabobo (Venezuela). His research interests are in the areas of political economy, migration and economic development. View publications

He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Carlos III University of Madrid and a Master's Degree in Economics from the same university. He also has a BA in Economics from the National University of Córdoba (Argentina). His research interests focus on the macroeconomic aspects of economic development and international trade in emerging economies.

PhD y MA en Economía - Universidad de California, Los Angeles. Master en Economía del Programa de Posgrado en Políticas Públicas del Instituto Torcuato di Tella. Licenciado en Economía - Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Es profesor adjunto ordinario en la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Sus intereses en investigación se centran en organización industrial, regulación de servicios públicos y defensa de la competencia. Antes de sumarse a CAF se desempeñó como Economista Asociado en la Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas. Ha sido docente, además, en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de San Andrés y Universidad Torcuato di Tella.