BIO
Pablo Fleiss is an Economic Senior Specialist at the Office of Evaluation and Oversight at the Inter-American Development Bank, where he is leading and contributing to the evaluative and analytical work of the IDB Group. Previously, he was a lead consultant at the World Bank, researching productivity, competitiveness, and trade topics. Before, he was a Counselor for the Executive Director for Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia at the Inter-American Development Bank, where he provided technical and strategic advice in overseeing IDB Group’s corporate and operational activities in Latin America. Pablo also worked at the Statistics Department of the International Labour Organization, coordinating and managing the collection, evaluation, processing, and dissemination of Decent Work Indicators. He has also consulted for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. In Uruguay, he worked at the National Development Corporation and the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining. Pablo holds a BA in Economics from Universidad de la República (Montevideo, Uruguay) and a PhD in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) for the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). His research focuses on economic growth, international economics, and development economics. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Introduction to Economics, International Economics, and Econometrics and Methods of Quantitative Analysis. Pablo is a Uruguayan citizen who lives in Maryland, US.