Sergio L. Schmukler is the Research Manager for Macroeconomics and Growth in the Development Research Group at the World Bank. He also manages the Research and Development Center in Chile and supports the Malaysia Research Center and the Institute for Economic Development in Rome. His research focuses on international finance and financial markets in emerging and developing economies, and he has published numerous books and academic papers in leading economic and finance journals. He teaches financial development at Columbia University. He is a member of the Money and Finance Research Group (Mo.Fi.R.) and a member of the Scientific Council of the Financial Transactions “Big Data” Global Research Network (FTGRN).

Over the years, he has held visiting positions at several institutions, including the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Boston University, the Central Bank of Chile, CREI at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the Dutch Central Bank, and the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He previously taught in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland (1999–2003) and worked in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (2004–2005). He served as Treasurer of the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) from 2004 to 2024 and was Associate Editor of the Journal of Development Economics (2001–2004). He has also served on several committees and editorial boards. Earlier in his career, he held research positions at the Central Bank of Argentina, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, and the Inter-American Development Bank. 

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997, the same year he joined the World Bank through its Young Economist and Young Professionals Programs.

His latest CV is available here.