I am a Development Economist currently serving as the Senior Country Economist for Argentina at the World Bank. I lead the World Bank’s policy lending and analytical work with the Argentine government on fiscal and growth-related issues. Previously, I served as a Senior Country Economist in West Africa, covering Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau. My policy research—focused on firm-level impacts of regulatory reforms that promote trade and investment—has been published in top academic journals, including the American Economic Review and the European Economic Review. Before joining the World Bank in 2012, I worked at the Inter-American Development Bank and for the Colombian government. I hold a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of the Andes in Colombia, and a master’s and Ph.D. in economics from Georgetown University.
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This is a personal website. Any results or conclusions in the research presented here are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank.
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Employment
2023 - Present Senior Country Economist, Latin-America and the Caribbean, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice, The World Bank
2019 - 2023 Senior Country Economist, West Africa, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice, The World Bank
2015 - 2019 Senior Economist, Investment Climate Unit, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, The World Bank
2012 - 2015 Trade Economist, Trade Unit, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, The World Bank.
2010 - 2012 Consultant, International Trade Department, The World Bank
2003 - 2005 Research Fellow, Inter-American Development Bank.
2001 - 2003 Economist, Economic Studies, Colombian Department of National Planning
Education
2010 Ph.D., Economics, Georgetown University
2007 M.A., Economics, Georgetown University
2000 B.A. and M.A., Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Academic Publications
The Heterogeneous Growth Effect of the Business Environment: Firm-level evidence for a global sample of cities. With M. Roberts and L. Colin. China Economic Quarterly International, 1(1): 15-28, 2021
All These Worlds are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Export Subsidies in Nepal. With F. Defever, A. Riano, and G. Varela. European Economic Review, Vol. 128, Sept. 2020.
Special Economic Zones and WTO Compliance: Evidence from the Dominican Republic. With F. Defever, A. Riano, and M. Sanchez-Martin. Economica, 86 (343):532-568. July 2019
Exporter Dynamics, Firm Size and Growth, and Partial Year Effects. With A. B. Bernard, E. A. Boler, R. Massari, and D. Taglioni. American Economic Review, 107(10):3211-28. Oct. 2017
Poverty Reduction through Regional Integration: Technical Measures to Trade in Central America. With S. Kelleher. Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 30 No. 4. pp. 644-679. Dec. 2015.
Trade Liberalization and the Adoption of Antidumping Laws in Developing Countries. Revista Equidad y Desarrollo, Vol. 20, pp. 19-49, 2013
Beyond the Information Technology Agreement: Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics. With Alberto Portugal and John Wilson. The World Economy, Vol. 33. No.12 . pp. 1870-1897, 2010.
The Economic Cycle in the Colombian Economy: Empirical Evidence 1977-1998. With Jorge Restrepo. Coyuntura Economica, Vol. 30. No.1. 2000. (in Spanish)
Books
Reforming Non-Tariff Measures: From Evidence to Policy Advice. With Olivier Cadot, Michael Ferrantino, and Julien Gourdon. Directions in Development. World Bank, 2018.
Working papers
Quality Regulation Creates and Reallocates Trade. With L. Zavala, A. Fernandes, R. Haygood, and T. Reed. World Bank Working Paper No. 10601 (November 2023)
Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina. With M. Arnoletto and S. Franco-Bedoya. World Bank Working Paper No. 9218 (April 2020)
Courts and Business Registration: Evidence from Serbia. With M. Bruhn, C. Cho, A. Marusic, H. Nguyen, and T. Tran. World Bank Working Paper No. 8611 (October 2018)
FDI Spillovers and High Growth Firms in Developing Countries. World Bank Working Paper No. 8243 (November 2017)
The Heterogeneous Effects of the Business Environment on Firm Performance: Evidence from a Global Sample of Cities. With M. Roberts and L.C. Xu. World Bank Working Paper No. 8114 (June 2017)
All These Worlds are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Export Subsidies in Nepal. With F. Defever, A. Riano, and G. Varela. World Bank Working Paper No. 8009 (March 2017)
Does the Elimination of Export Share Requirements Matters for Export Performance? Evidence from the Dominican Republic. With F. Defever, A. Riano, and M. Sanchez-Martin. World Bank Working Paper No. 7847 (October 2016)
Resilient Growth, Persisting Inequality: Identifying Potential Factors Limiting Shared Prosperity in the Dominican Republic. With F. Carneiro, A. Iwulska, and M. Sanchez-Martin (January 2015). World Bank Caribbean Knowledge Series CAR01-15.
Technical Measures to Trade in Central America: Incidence, Price Effect, and Consumer Welfare. With S. Kelleher. World Bank Working Paper No. 6857 (May 2014).
Exporter Dynamics, Firm Size and Growth, and Partial Year Effects. With A. B. Bernard, R. Massari, and D. Taglioni. World Bank Working Paper No. 6711 (November 2013) and NBER working paper No. 19865 (January 2014)
Monitoring Export Vulnerability to Changes in Growth Rates of Major Global Markets. With C. Hollweg and D. Lederman (November 2012). World Bank Working Paper (WPS 6266)
International Harmonization of Product Standards and Firm Heterogeneity in International Trade (June 2011). World Bank Working Paper (WPS 5677)
Estimating the Potential GDP for the Colombian Economy. With J. Rodriguez and J. Perilla. ( July 2004). DNP Working Paper (261) (in Spanish)
The Cost of Disinflation in Colombia -A sacrifice Ratio Approach (June 2003). DNP Working Paper (243)
Contingent Liabilities Arising from Government Guarantees in Colombian toll roads. (April 2002). DNP Working Paper (183) (in Spanish)
Policy reports/notes/blogs
The probability game: Quantifying credit risk from public corporations in Cabo Verde. Let's talk Development Blog (April 2023)
Brazil Makes a Smart Move to Attract and Retain Foreign Investment. Private Sector Development Blog (July 2019)
Trust, Courts, and Stating a Business: The Case of Serbia. Private Sector Development Blog (November 2018)
Special Economic Zones and Their Compliance with WTO Subsidy Rules. In Vox.Lacea (May 2018)
Connecting Local Businesses with Multinational Corporations Amplifies the Development Impact of FDI. The Trade Post Blog (February 2018)
Effects of FDI on High-Growth Firms in Developing Countries. In 2017 | 2018 Global Investment Competitiveness Report. The World Bank Group 2017.
Helping Firms Diversify, One Incentive at a Time: The Experience of Nepal. The trade Post. (May 2017)
Special Economic Zones in the Dominican Republic. Policy Considerations for a more Competitive and Inclusive Sector (November 2016). Version in Spanish is available here.
Streamlining Lao PDR's trade regulation to help its poorest citizens. The Trade Post. (April 2016)
A Comparative Overview of the Incidence of Non-Tariff Measures on Trade in Lao PDR (February 2016)
Picture Trade: Getting Richer, Trading More. The Trade Post. (January 2015)
Information for Export Survival: An Analysis of Georgian Export Performance and Survival in International Markets. With M. McKenna and G. Varela. Economic Premise 151. The World Bank. (June 2014)
New Tool for Calculating Trade Indicators. The Trade Post. (January 2014)
Making Trade Policy More Transparent: A New Database of Non-Tariff Measures. With A. Fouad and M. Malouche. Economic Premise 128. The World Bank. (November 2013)
Non-Tariff Measures rise Food Prices and Hinder Regional Integration in Central America. The Trade Post. Making international trade work for development (September 2013)
Quinoa: The Little Cereal That Could. The Trade Post. (March 2013)
The Pro-Competitive Effect of International Harmonization of Product Standards. In Cadot, O. and M. Malouche (eds), Non-tariff measures: A fresh look at trade policy's new frontier. The World Bank 2012.
International Harmonization of Standards: A Catalyst for Developed Countries and a Barrier for Developing Countries? in Vox.Lacea (September 2011)
Contact Information
danielreyes@worldbank.org