Rodolfo Stucchi is an economist with deep expertise in public and private sector development finance operations across Latin America and the Caribbean. His work consistently bridges applied research and operational practice, from strategy to implementation. He currently serves as Director of Development Effectiveness at IDB Invest (Washington, DC).

With 18 years at the IDB Group, Rodolfo has built an extensive track record across the full cycle of development work — from strategy design at the institutional, sector, and country levels and portfolio management to project design, operational implementation, and impact evaluation. His experience spans innovation policy, access to finance, labor markets, trade and foreign direct investment, infrastructure, and public finance.

He has published in leading peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Development Economics, The World Bank Economic Review, the Journal of Development Studies, and the Journal of Macroeconomics. His co-authored books, including Markets for Development (IDB, 2025) and What Works to Foster Productive Sector Development (IDB, 2024), synthesize evidence on what drives growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Rodolfo has taught policy evaluation at graduate level at Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica Boliviana, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). He has also delivered executive training through ECLAC and ALIDE in the same area, and taught development economics and international trade at Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina).

He holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a BSc from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. 

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