Publications

Journal articles

Mendez Ramos, F. (2025). Variance and skewness in density forecasts: Assessing world GDP growth. Empirical Economics, 68(6), 2897–2932. [Working paper, 2017]

Lara Lara, J., and F. Mendez-Ramos (2021). Poverty vulnerability: The role of poverty lines in the post-pandemic era. Economics Bulletin, 41(4), 2690–2696. [Working paper, 2021]

Go, D. S., H. Lofgren, F. Mendez Ramos and S. Robinson (2016). Estimating parameters and structural change in CGE models using a Bayesian cross-entropy estimation approach. Economic Modelling, 52(B), 790–811. [Working paper, 2015] [GTAP conference paper, 2014]

Book chapter

Loayza, N. V., A. Galego Mendes, F. Mendez Ramos and S. Pennings (2023). Assessing the effects of natural resources on long-term growth: An extension of the World Bank Long Term Growth Model. In N. V. Loayza and S. Pennings (eds.), The Long Term Growth Model: Fundamentals, Extensions, and Applications, ch. 4. Washington, DC: World Bank. [Working paper 9965, 2022]

Working papers

Mendez Ramos, F. (2019). Uncertainty in ex-ante poverty and income distribution: Insights from output growth and natural resource country typologies. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8841.

Policy briefs

Mendez Ramos, F. (2020). Sudden influxes of resource wealth to the economy: Avoiding “Dutch disease”. World Bank Research and Policy Brief.

Georgieva, D., N. V. Loayza and F. Mendez Ramos (2018). Global trade: Slowdown, factors, and policies. World Bank Research and Policy Brief.

Mendez Ramos, F., and N. Paustian (2017). Measurement and patterns of world agribusiness trade. World Bank Research and Policy Brief.

Loayza, N. V., and F. Mendez-Ramos (2016). Should we fear foreign exchange depreciation?. World Bank Research and Policy Brief.

Commentary

COVID-19 and poverty vulnerability. Brookings, Future Development, 2022.

Uncertainty in ending extreme poverty. Brookings, Future Development, 2019.

Agribusiness trade as a pillar of development: Measurement and patterns. World Bank, Development Talk, 2017.

Work in progress

The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) paradigm.

ENSO phenomena: assessing prediction accuracy.

Traded agribusiness and the regulatory framework.