2019-today Adjunct Professor.
2018-today Professorial Lecturer.
2024-today Nonresident Fellow in Latin American Energy Studies
2014-2018 Adjunct Professor.
2005-today Adjunct Professor (on leave).
2005-2006: Visiting Fellow.
2005-2010 Adjunct Professor.
2000-2005 Assistant Professor.
2018-present: Regional Economic Advisor
2014-2018: Regional Economic Advisor
2011-2013: Principal Economist
2007-2011: Lead Economist
2006 - 2007: Assistant Director. Coordinator of the Research Department
2001 - 2005: Coordinator of the Program for the Support of Research on Development Issues.
2000 – 2001: Senior Economist.
Graduate Studies: Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2000.
Undergraduate Studies: Economist, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello,Venezuela,1993 .Class Valedictorian with Honors (Cum Laude)
Summer 2024: Visiting Fellow in the Extractivism Project at the University of Kassel.
2005-2006: Visiting Fellow in the Harvard-Repsol YPF Program.
Spring 2000: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at MIT, Fellowship.
1995-1999: Petroleos de Venezuela Graduate Scholarship.
March 1995: Jose Felix Ribas Award for academic excellence from de Venezuelan Government.
1989-1993: Petroleos de Venezuela Undergraduate Scholarship.
Guest editor for the journal Extractive Industries and Society. Referee for World Development, the Economic Journal, The Energy Journal, Ecological Economics, Resource Policy, European Economic Review, Review of Development Economics, Resources, Business and Politics, Sustainability, and Investigaciones de Historia Económica (Spain). Member of the panel for the journal Economia (2005-2006). Referee for the LACEA conferences in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Member of the selection committee for the Environmental Economics Capacity Building Program for Latin America and the Caribbean of ALEAR (Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economist). Referee for the local journals Revista del Banco Central and Temas de Coyuntura.
Seminars at Duke University, Colorado School of Mines, University of Calgary, Banco Central de Chile, MIT- CEEPR Energy and Environmental Policy Workshop, Banco Central de Venezuela, Oficina de Asesoria Económica de la Asamblea Nacional [Economic Office of the Venezuelan Congress], Beijer Workshop on Resource Economics, Northeastern University, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Bank of Canada, and INSEAD (Abu Dhabi).
Speaking engagements at Kassel University, IE University, Baker Institute for Public Policy, KAPSARC Policy Seminars on Local Content (Morocco) and on Managing Resource Expectations (Tanzania), Quo Vadis Peru (Annual Conference of the Lima Chamber of Commerce), the Annual Conference of the National Industry Council (Bolivia), Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce (Panama), Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (in Mexico), Compete Caribbean Forum (in Belize), World Bank Sector Week on Extractives, Mexican Congress (at the Centro de Estudios de las Finanzas Públicas), Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (Dominican Republic), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (in Guatemala), Tuft University, United Nations, Inter American Development Bank (before joining it), United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Fundacion CIDOB (Barcelona, Spain), the Swiss Organization for Facilitating Investment, Banco de la Republica (Colombian Central Bank) and the Central Bank of Ecuador. Also invited speaker for local conferences at Conapri [Venezuelan Investment Promotion Council], Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Universidad Central de Venezuela, and Universidad de Carabobo.
Balza, L., C. De Los Rios, R. Jimenez Mori, O. Manzano, 2025, “The local human capital costs of oil exploitation”, Journal of Development Economics, Volume 173, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103410.
Balza, L., L. Diaz, N. Gomez-Parra, O. Manzano M., 2023, “The unwritten license: The societal SLO in Latin America’s extractive sector”, Ecological Economics, Volume 213, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107942.
Balza, L., C. De Los Rios, A. Guerra, L. Herrera-Prada, O. Manzano, 2023, “Unraveling the network of extractive industries”, Resources Policy, Volume 85, Part B, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103823.
Besfamille, M., Di. Jorrat, O. Manzano, B. Quiroga, and P. Sanguinetti, 2023, "How do subnational governments react to shocks to different revenue sources? Evidence from hydrocarbon-producing provinces in Argentina", Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 136, ISSN 0094-1190, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103558.
Canavire-Bacarreza, G., Deza, M. C., Manzano, O., and Puerta, A., 2022, “Revisiting tax effort in emerging markets”. Public Finance Review, 49(6), 845–873.
Solano-Rodríguez, B., S., P. Li, P. Ekins, O. Manzano and A, Vogt-Schilb, 2021, "Implications of climate targets and fiscal policy on oil production and revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean". Energy and Climate Change, Volume 2, December 2021.
Manzano, Osmel, and Jose L. Saboin 2021. "Reverse Causality between Oil Policy and Fiscal Policy? The Venezuelan Experience" Energies 14, no. 9: 2574.
Gutierrez, J and. O. Manzano, “The subnational resource curse: Theory and evidence” The Extractive Industries and Society, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2019, Pages 261-266, Elsevier.
Manzano, O and D. Vernon, 2018, “Oil in Belize: New Sector in a Young Country”, The Extractive Industries and Society, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 228-239, Elsevier.
Espinasa, R., S. Guerra, E. ter Horst, O. Manzano, G. Molina, R. Rigobon, 2017, “A Micro-Based Model for World Oil Market”, Energy Economics Volume 66, August 2017, Pages 431-449.
Manzano, Osmel and Francisco Monaldi, (2008), “The Political Economy of Oil Production in Latin America”, Economia, Vol. 9 No. 1, Brookings/LACEA Publications, Washington.
Balza, L., L. Diaz, N. Gomez-Parra, O. Manzano M., 2024, “Narratives in Societal Social License to Operate: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean” in Wood, Geoffrey, Jędrzej Górski, and Gokce Mete, 2024, The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transition, Palgrave Macmillan Cham
Gualdron, L. y O. Manzano, 2022, “Venezuela” in Trojbicz, B., 2022, Oil Wealth and Federal Conflict in American Petrofederations, Elsevier, Netherlands.
Manzano O., F. Navajas, A. Powell, 2017, The Economics of Natural Resources in Latin America: Taxation and Regulation of the Extractive Industries, Routledge Studies in Development Economics, Taylor & Francis Group LLC, New York
Hernandez, I and Osmel Manzano, 2016, “Diversification in Latin American Oil Exporters: Was No Intervention a Better Policy Option?”, in Mahroum,,Sami and Yasser Al-Salehl, editors, 2016, Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies, Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics, Taylor & Francis Group LLC, New York
Manzano, Osmel, 2015, “Managing Hydrocarbon Assets: A Comparison across the Atlantic”, in Álvarez Pelegry, Eloy and Paul Isbell, editors, 2015, The Future of Energy in the Atlantic Basin, Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington
Manzano, Osmel, 2014, “From Dependency Theory to Local Governance: Evolution of the Research on Extractive Industries and Development” in Cruz Vieyra, Juan and Malaika Masson, editors,2014, Transparent governance in an age of abundance: experiences from the extractive industries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington.
Manzano, Osmel, 2013, “Venezuela after a Century of Oil Exploitation” in Hausmann, Ricardo and Francisco, Rodriguez, ed., 2013, Venezuela Before Chávez:Anatomy of an Economic Collapse. Penn-State University Press
Tordo Silvana, Michael Warner, Osmel Manzano and Yahya Anouti, 2013, Local Content in the Oil and Gas Sector, World Bank Study. World Bank
Garcia, Gustavo, Osmel Manzano and Andrew Powell, 2013, “Taxing Commodities with the Future in Mind” in Corbacho, Ana, Vicente Fretes and Eduardo Lora, ed., 2013, More than Revenue: Taxation as a Development Tool, Inter-American Development Bank and Palgrave Macmillan.
Manzano, Osmel, Francisco Monaldi, Jose Manuel Puente and Stefania Vitale, 2012, “Venezuela” in Anderson, George, ed., 2012, Oil and Gas in Federal Systems. Oxford University Press
Manzano, Osmel and Francisco Monaldi, (2010), “The Political Economy of Oil Contract Renegotiation in Venezuela” in Hogan, W. and F. Struzzenger, (2010), The Natural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commitment, MIT Press, Cambridge.
Manzano, Osmel, 2008, “El rol de los Recursos Naturales en el Desarrollo de América Latina [The role of Natural Resources for Development in Latin America]”, in José Luis Machinea y Narcís Serra (Eds.), Hacia un nuevo pacto social. Políticas económicas para un desarrollo integral en América Latina [Towards a new social pact. Economic policies for a comprehensive development in Latin America]. Santiago de Chile: Naciones Unidas. CEPAL; Barcelona: Fundació CIDOB, cop. 2008.
Manzano, Osmel and Roberto Rigobon. 2006, “Resource Curse or Debt Overhang?” in Lederman, Daniel and William Maloney, ed., 2006, Natural Resources and Development: Neither Curse nor Destiny, Stanford University Press and The World Bank, Stanford.
Jaramillo, Fidel and Osmel Manzano, 2001, “External Indebtness and Economic and Social Development”, in Franco, Andres, ed., 2001, Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Press, Tokyo.
Manzano, Osmel, Rodolfo Mendez, Jose Pineda y German Rios, 2021 , Macroeconomics and Natural Resources, Kendall Hunt, Dubuque.
Manzano, Osmel, 2012, “El rol delos recursos naturales en el comercio internacional y el desarrollo [The role of natural resources in international business and development]”, Inter-American Institute for Economic and Social Development, 2012, La Realidad Macroeconómica: Una Introducción a los Problemas y Políticas del Crecimiento y la Estabilidad en América Latina [The Macroeconomic Reality: An Introduction to Problems and Policies of Growth and Stability in Latin America] , INDES Open Educational Resources. Availabe at: http://www.iadb.org/en/indes/the-macroeconomic-reality-an-introduction-to-problems-and-policies-of-growth-and-stability-in-latin-america,4072.html
Manzano, Osmel, Rodolfo Mendez, Jose Pineda y German Rios, 2007 , Macroeconomía y Petróleo [Oil and Macroeconomics], Pearson Education, Mexico.
España, Luis y Osmel Manzano (1995, 2003, 2009). “Venezuela y su Petróleo. El Origen de la Renta [Venezuela and its oil sector. The source of the revenue]”. Cuadernos de Formación Socio-Polîtica, No. 10. Centro Gumilla
España, Luis y Osmel Manzano (1995, 2003, 2009). “Venezuela y su Petróleo. El Destino de la Renta [Venezuela and its oil sector. The use of the revenue]”. Cuadernos de Formación Socio-Política, No. 11. Centro Gumilla.
Álvarez, C. y O. Manzano (editors), 2024, “Introduction: Financing the Productive Transition in the Andean Region” in Álvarez, C. y O. Manzano (editors), 2024, “Financing the Productive Transition in the Andean Region”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1209, IDB Publications, Washington.
Zanoni, W., E. Díaz y O. Manzano, 2023, “Impacto de las industrias extractivas en el capital humano de las economías locales en los Andes: un marco conceptual y varios estudios empíricos [Impact of extractive industries on human capital in local economies in the Andes: a conceptual framework and several empirical studies.]”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1155, IDB Publications, Washington.
Manzano O. and D. Valdivia, 2023, "Linkages. Leveraging industry ties" in Balza, L., L. Diaz and O. Manzano (editors), 2023, “El sector extractivo como palanca para la transformación productiva [The extractive sector as a lever for productive transformation]”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1141, IDB Publications, Washington.
Manzano O. and D. Valdivia, 2023, "Introduction. A sector at the center of the transition" in Balza, L., L. Diaz and O. Manzano (editors), 2023, “El sector extractivo como palanca para la transformación productiva [The extractive sector as a lever for productive transformation]”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1141, IDB Publications, Washington.
Andrian, L., L. Diaz and O. Manzano, 2023, "Extractive industries. The extractive inusdtries as a lever to drive transformation" in Andrian, A and O. Manzano (editors), 2023, “New Horizons for Productive Transformation in the Andean Region”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1022, IDB Publications, Washington
Andrian, L., L. Maldonado, O. Manzano and K. Moreno, 2023, "Introduction. The new international context: Turnig Threats into opportunities" in Andrian, A and O. Manzano (editors), 2023, “New Horizons for Productive Transformation in the Andean Region”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1022, IDB Publications, Washington.
Manzano, O, 2022, “Fundamentos de una política petrolera [Fundamentals for an oil policy]” in Guerra, Jose (ed), 2022, Propuestas para resolver la crisis económica de Venezuela [Proposals to solve Venezuela's economic crisis], Observatorio Venezolano de Finanzas, Caracas, Venezuela
Beverinotti, J., M. Deza, and O. Manzano, 2020, “Los sectores productivos en la región andina frente a la COVID-19 [Challenges for productive sectors in the Andean Region from the COVID-19 pandemic]”, IDB Discussion Paper IDB-DP-00788, IDB Publications, Washington
Manzano, O and J. Saboin, 2020, “Vulnerabilidades de la región andina ante la crisis derivada de la pandemia por Covid-19 [Vulnerabilities of the Andean Region to face the COVID-19 crisis]”, IDB Discussion Paper IDB-DP-00775, IDB Publications, Washington
Abuelafia, E, L. Andrian, J. Beverinotti, L. Castilleja-Vargas, J. Díaz-Cassou, J. Hirs, O. Manzano and J. Saboin, 2020, LAC Post COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for the Andean Region, IDB Publications, Washington
de la Cruz, R., M. Loterszpil y O. Manzano , 2020, “Acelerando el crecimiento y fortaleciendo la clase media” in de la Cruz, R., M. Loterszpil y O. Manzano (editors), 2020, “Como Acelerar el Crecimiento Económico y Fortalecer la Clase Media en América Latina [How to Accelerate Economic Growth and Strengthen the Middle Class in Latin America]’, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-782), IDB Publications, Washington
Auguste, S., J. Linares and O. Manzano, “Potenciar la Inversion en Tiempos Inciertos [Boosting Investment in Uncertain Times]” in Manzano, O., L. Rivera, M. Ruiz-Arranz and A. Trejos, (editors), 2019, El futuro de Centroamérica: Retos para un desarrollo sostenible [The future of Central America: Challenges for sustainable development]. Inter-American Development Bank. Washington DC
Manzano, Osmel, 2012, “Los desafíos fiscales [Fiscal challenges]” in Izquierdo, Alejandro and Osmel Manzano, ed. 2012, “El Mundo Cambió: ¿Cambiará el Crecimiento en Centroamérica? [The World has changed: Will Central America’s growth path change?]”, IDB Publications, Washington.
Auguste, Sebastian y Osmel Manzano, 2012, “Enfoque Metodologico [The Methodology of the Studies]” in Auguste, Sebastian and Osmel Manzano, eds., 2012, ¿Tiempo de Cosecha? Retos del Sector Agrícola en Centroamérica [Harvest Time? Challenges for the agricultural sector in Central America,], IDB Publications, Washington.
Manzano, Osmel, 2010, “The Challenges of Managing Oil”, in Manzano, Osmel, Dougal Martin and Ernesto Stein, Eds., 2010, Towards a Sustainable and Efficient State: The Development Agenda of Belize, Publicaciones BID, Washington.
Cuesta Bernal, Ana and Osmel Manzano, 2010, “Politicas de Competitividad [Competitiveness Policy]”, in Agosin, Manuel, Osmel Manzano, Rafael Rodriguez-Balza and Ernesto Stein, Eds., 2010, La ruta hacia el crecimiento sostenible en la República Dominicana Republica Dominicana: Fiscalidad, Competitividad, Institucionalidad, Electricidad [The Path of Sustainable Growth in the Dominican Republic: Fiscal Management, Competitiveness, Institutions and Electricity],, Publicaciones BID, Washington.
Manzano, Osmel, 2008, “El sector de hidrocarburos como instrumento de desarrollo: la integración económica del sector de hidrocarburos en la región andina [Hydrocarbons and Development: The economic linkages of the oil sector in the Andean Region]”, in Castilla, Miguel, Ramon Espinasa, Peter Kalil y Osmel Manzano, ed., 2008, Hacia la integración energética hemisférica: retos y oportunidades [Challenges and opportunities of the Hemispheric Energy Integration] , Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Acosta, Pablo, L. Miguel Castilla and Osmel Manzano (principal authors)[2], 2007, “Estrategias para la generación de oportunidades en América Latina [Strategies for the generation of opportunities in Latin America]”, in Acosta, Pablo and Daniel Ortega, 2007, Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo 2007-2008. Oportunidades en América Latina: Hacia una mejor política social [Opportunities in Latin America: Towards a better social policy in Latin America], Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel and Jose Pineda (principal authors), 2007, “Gestión fiscal y política Social [Fiscal management and social policy]”, in Acosta, Pablo and Daniel Ortega, 2007, Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo 2007-2008. Oportunidades en América Latina: Hacia una mejor política social [Opportunities in Latin America: Towards a better social policy in Latin America], Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel (principal author), 2006, “La promoción de nuevos sectores [Promoting new activities]”, in Manzano, Osmel and Jose Pineda, 2006, Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo 2006. Caminio a la Transformación Productiva en América Latina [The road to the productive transformation of Latn America] , Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel and Jose Pineda (principal authors), 2006, “La transformación productiva [The productive transformation]”, in Manzano, Osmel and Jose Pineda, 2006, Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo 2006. Caminio a la Transformación Productiva en América Latina [The road to the productive transformation of Latn America] , Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel, 2004, “Efectos teóricos de los impuestos en el desarrollo de campos petrolero en Venezuela [Theoretical effects from the tax code upon oil field development]”, Revista BCV. Vol. XVIII. N° 2 Julio-Diciembre 2004, pp 157-160, Banco Central de Venezuela, Caracas
Castilla, Miguel y Osmel Manzano, 2005, “El rol de las políticas sectoriales en una estrategia de transformación productiva [The role of sector oriented policies in the framewrok of a productive transformation strategy]” in Castilla, Miguel, Osmel Manzano and Juan Nagel ed., (2005), Políticas sectoriales en la región andina, Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel (principal author), 2004, “Transformación productiva: Diversificación y agregación de valor [The productive transformation: adding value and diversifying]”, in Castilla, Miguel and Fidel Jaramillo, 2004, Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo 2004. Reflexiones para retomar el crecimiento: Inserción internacional, transformación productiva e inclusión social, Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Castilla, Miguel y Osmel Manzano, 2004, “El resto de retomar la sostenibilidad fiscal en la región andina [The challenge of regaining fiscal sustainability in the Andean region]” in Castilla, Miguel, Fidel Jaramillo and Osmel Manzano eds. (2004), Sostenibilidad fiscal en la región andina: Política e instituciones. Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel, 2002. “Vulnerabilidad Externa y Volatilidad Económica [External vulnerability and macroeconomic volatility]”, in Corporación Andina de Fomento, 2002, Temas Críticos para América Latina en el Siglo XXI, Publicaciones CAF, Ecuador.
Manzano, Osmel, 1998, “Consideraciones para una revision de la tributacion petrolera venezolana [Considerations for the reform of the Venezuelan tax code for the oil sector]”, Temas de coyuntura, No. 38 Diciembre 1998, pp. 37-54, Publicaciones UCAB, Caracas.
Álvarez, C. y O. Manzano (editors), 2024, “Financing the Productive Transition in the Andean Region”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1209, IDB Publications, Washington.
Balza, L., L. Diaz and O. Manzano (editors), 2023, “El sector extractivo como palanca para la transformación productiva [The extractive sector as a lever for productive transformation]”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1141, IDB Publications, Washington.
Andrian, A and O. Manzano (editors), 2023, “New Horizons for Productive Transformation in the Andean Region”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-1022, IDB Publications, Washington.
de la Cruz, R., M. Loterszpil y O. Manzano (editors), 2020, “Como Acelerar el Crecimiento Económico y Fortalecer la Clase Media en América Latina [How to Accelerate Economic Growth and Strengthen the Middle Class in Latin America]’, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-782), IDB Publications, Washington.
Manzano, O., L. Rivera, M. Ruiz-Arranz and A. Trejos, (editors), 2019, El futuro de Centroamérica: Retos para un desarrollo sostenible [The future of Central America: Challenges for sustainable development]. Inter-American Development Bank. Washington DC
Madonado, Leonardo and, Osmel Manzano, ed. 2016, “Weathering the storm: policy options for Central America and the Dominican Republic in an uncertain environment”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-419, IDB Publications, Washington.
Lagarda, Guillermo, Osmel Manzano y Jordi Prat, ed. 2015, “The Legacy of the Crisis: Policy Options in a Favorable Environment”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-291, IDB Publications, Washington.
Auguste, Sebastián, Mario Cuevas y Osmel Manzano, ed. 2015, Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic, IDB Publications, Washington.
Gutierrez, Priscilla and Osmel Manzano, ed. 2014, “Tiempo de Ajustar el Rumbo: Opciones de políticas ante el cambio en el entorno externo en Centroamérica y Republica Dominicana [Time to change course: Policy options for the changing external conditions in in Central America and the Dominican Republic]”, IDB Monograph IDB-MG-177, IDB Publications, Washington.
Cuevas, Mario, Osmel Manzano and Claudia Rodriguez, ed. 2014, Promoviendo la Transformación Productiva: Políticas de desarrollo productivo en Centroamérica y la Republica Dominicana [Fostering Productive Transformation: Productive Development Policies in Central America and the Dominican Republic], IDB Publications, Washington.
Izquierdo, Alejandro and Osmel Manzano, ed. 2012, “El Mundo Cambió: ¿Cambiará el Crecimiento en Centroamérica? [The World has changed: Will Central America’s growth path change?]”, IDB Publications, Washington.
Auguste, Sebastian and Osmel Manzano, eds., 2012, ¿Tiempo de Cosecha? Retos del Sector Agrícola en Centroamérica [Harvest Time? Challenges for the agricultural sector in Central America,], IDB Publications, Washington.
Manzano, Osmel, Dougal Martin and Ernesto Stein, Eds., 2010, Towards a Sustainable and Efficient State: The Development Agenda of Belize, Publicaciones IDB Publications, Washington.
Agosin, Manuel, Osmel Manzano, Rafael Rodriguez-Balza and Ernesto Stein, Eds., 2010, La ruta hacia el crecimiento sostenible en la República Dominicana Republica Dominicana: Fiscalidad, Competitividad, Institucionalidad, Electricidad [The Path of Sustainable Growth in the Dominican Republic: Fiscal Management, Competitiveness, Institutions and Electricity], IDB Publications, Washington.
Osmel Manzano, Hector Morena, Ernesto Stein, and Fernando Straface, Eds., (2008), Mas crecimiento, mas equidad: Prioridades del desarollo en Guatemala [Higher Growth, More equality: The Development Priorities of Guetamala], IDB Publications, Washington.
Castilla, Miguel, Ramon Espinasa, Peter Kalil y Osmel Manzano, ed., 2008, Hacia la integración energética hemisférica: retos y oportunidades [Challenges and opportunities of the Hemispheric Energy Integration] , Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel and Jose Pineda ed., 2006, Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo 2006. Los Retos Productivos de la Inserción Internacional Latinoamericana [The productive challenges of the Latin American International Insertion] , Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Castilla, Miguel, Osmel Manzano and Juan Nagel ed., 2005, Políticas sectoriales en la región andina [An analysis of sector oriented policies in the Andean Region], Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Castilla, Miguel, Fidel Jaramillo and Osmel Manzano ed. 2004, Sostenibilidad fiscal en la región andina: Política e instituciones [Fiscal sustainability in the Andean Region: Policies and Institutionss]. Publicaciones CAF, Caracas.
Manzano, Osmel, 2007, “Comments on on Bruno Giovannetti and Naércio Menezes-Filho’s Openess and skilled biased technological change in Brazil”, Economia, Vol 8. No. 1, Brookings/LACEA Publications, Washington.
Manzano, Osmel, 2006, “Comments on Pablo Sanguinetti and Eduardo Bianchi´s Trade Liberalization, Macroeconomic Fluctuations, and Contingent Protection in Latin America”, Economia, Vol 7. No. 2, Brookings/LACEA Publications, Washington.
Manzano, Osmel, 2002, “Comments on William Maloney´s Missed Opportunities: Innovation and Resource-Based Growth in Latin America”, Economia, Vol 3. No. 1, Brookings/LACEA Publications, Washington.
Manzano, 2022, “The Local Human Capital Costs of Oil Exploitation”, Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Meetings, Lima, Peru, November 2022
Manzano, 2022, “Investment Booms and Institutions: Implications for the Andean Region”, 94th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Washington, USA, October 2022
Manzano, 2018, “Where are the Locals?”, Latin American Studies Association Meetings, Barcelona, Spain, May 2018
Manzano, 2016, “Oil shocks and household behavior: Evidence from Venezuelan Household Surveys”, Latin American Studies Association Meetings, New York, USA, May 2016.
Balza and Manzano, 2013, “Productivity Spillover of Resource Exploitation: Evidence from Venezuelan Industrial Surveys”, Latin American Studies Association Meetings, Washington, USA, May 2013.
Manzano, 2009, “Venezuela: A textbook case of a Resource Rich country?”, Natural Resources and Development, 10th Annual Conference of the Global Development Network, Kuwait, January 2009.
Manzano and Monaldi, 2006, “The Economics and Politics of hydrocarbon Exploitation in Latin America”, Economia Journal Panel Meeting, at the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Meetings, Mexico, October 2006.
Fernandez, Gomez and Manzano, 2006, “Intergenerational Accounting of Oil Wealth in Venezuela”, Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Meetings, Mexico, October 2006.
Manzano, 2005, “Venezuela after a Century of Oil Exploitation”, Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Meetings, Paris, France, October 2005.
Manzano, 2003, “The state of the Venezuelan Oil Sector”, Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Meetings, Puebla, Mexico, October 2003.
Manzano and Rigobon, 2002, "Resource Curse or Debt Overhang. American Economics Association Annual Meetings. Washington, January 2003.
Manzano, 2002, “Tax effects upon Oil Field Development in Venezuela”. 2nd World Congress of the Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey, California, June 2002.
Manzano, 1999, “Tax effects upon Oil Field Development in Venezuela”. Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Meetings, Santiago de Chile, October 1999.
Agust 2002: Visiting Professor. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Quito, Ecuador.
Fall 1997: Recitation Lecturer. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, USA.
Summer 1997: Visiting Lecturer. Pontifica Universidad Católica del Peru.
1994-1995: Instructor. Universidad Católica Andres Bello. Caracas, Venezuela.
1993 - 1995: Analyst. Office of the Chief Economist. Petróleos de Venezuela.