Matías Piaggio | Ph.D.

Positions

2024 / Present World Bank

Senior Economist

2017/ Present      South American Resilience and Sustainability Institute (SARAS)

Associate researcher 

2020 / 2023 International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Economist

2015/ 2021 National Researchers System, National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), Uruguay. 

Research Associate (Level I)

2015/2019 The World Bank 

Consultant, several dates

2017/ 2019   Environment for Development (EfD) - Central America, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica 

Senior Research fellow

2017 / 2018 Faculty of Economics and Management– Universidad de la República, Uruguay. 

Associate Professor

2015/ 2017    Environment for Development (EfD) - Central America, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica  

Research fellow

2019 Inter-American Development Bank

Consultant

2016/2018 Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean

Consultant, several dates.

2014            United Nations Development Program  

Consultant, several dates.

2011/ 2017    Institute of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Management - Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Research assistant

2013 / 2015      National Researchers System, National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), Uruguay.

Research Associate (Level 0)

2006 / 2008   Institute of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Management - Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Research assistant

Positions of trust

2018 / 2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Lead author. Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, Chapter 12: Central and South America. 

2018 / 2020 United Nations Statistical Division

Expert. Global Review of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting—Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA)

2017/ 2019 South American Resilience and Sustainability Institute (SARAS)

Executive board member

Education

2013      PhD in Applied Economics (Cum laude and Prize to Excellence 2012/13 )

Department of Economics. Applied Economics Department – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain

Dissertation:  

"From global to local: behind the relationship between  the economy and the environment"

2010      M.S. in Applied Economics, Applied Economics

Department – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain

2007      B.S. Economics

Faculty of Economics and Management. – Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Research visiting

March/May 2017      Resources for the Future, Washington DC, USA. 

March/May 2015      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of City and Regional Planning, Chapel Hill, USA. 

February/April 2014      The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm, Sweden. 

June/October 2013    Applied Economics Department – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. 

October 2012/January 2013 SOM Research Institute, University of Groningen. Groningen, The Netherlands.

May/June 2011     Department of Economics and Statistics. Universitá degli Studi di Siena. Siena, Italy. 

Administrative experience

2017/2020 Executive coordinator. Ecosystem Services Accounting for Development (ESAforD). Environment for Development (EfD) and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)

Publications

Peer review journals

Piaggio, M. and Siikamäki, J. (2021) ‘The value of forest water purification ecosystem services in Costa Rica’, Science of The Total Environment, 789, pp. 147952. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147952.

Hamann, M., Berry, K., Chaigneau, T., Curry, T., Heilmayr, R., Henriksson, P.J.G, Hentati-Sundberg, J., Jina, A., Lindkvist, E., Lopez-Maldonado, Y., Nieminen, E., Piaggio, M., Qiu, J., Rocha, J.C., Schill, C., Shepon, A., Tilman, A., van den Bijgaart, I., Wu, T. (2018) “Inequality and the Biosphere”, Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 2018. 43:, in press, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025949

Piaggio, M. Padilla, E. and Román, C. (2017) “The long-run relationship between CO2 emissions and economic activity in a small open economy: Uruguay 1882 – 2010” in Energy Economics, Vol. 65, pp. 271 - 282

Alcántara, V., Padilla, E. and Piaggio, M. (2016) "NOx emissions and productive structure in Spain: An input–output perspective”, Journal of Cleaner Production Vol. 141, pp. 420-428

de Melo, G. and Piaggio, M. (2015) “The perils of peer punishment. Evidence from a common pool resource framed field experiment”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 120, pp. 376-393

Piaggio, M. Alcántara, V. y Padilla, E. (2015) "The materiality of the immaterial. Services sectors and CO2 emissions in Uruguay”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 110, pp. 1 - 10.

Piaggio, M. Alcántara, V. y Padilla, E. (2014) “Economic structure and key sectors analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in Uruguay”, Economic Systems Research, Vol. 26, Nº 2, pp. 155-176.

Piaggio, M. and Padilla, E. (2012) “CO2 emissions and economic activity: Heterogeneity across countries and non-stationary series”, Energy Policy, Vol. 40, pp. 370 - 381.

Mordecki, G. and Piaggio, M. (2011) "Regional Integration: economic growth through export diversification", Revista de Economía y Estadística, Vol. 0, Nº 1, pp. 51–79

Piaggio, M. and Méndez, L. (2010) “Desarrollo sustentable en zonas costeras uruguayas desde la dimensión económica”, Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Sociología, Año XXIII, Nº 26.

Piaggio, M. (2008) “La relación entre el crecimiento económico y la degradación ambiental: Uruguay a lo largo del siglo XX”, Revista Quantum, Facultad de CC.EE. y A., Vol. III, Nº 1

Book chapters and peer-reviewed reports

Piaggio, M and Siikamäki, J. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic and economy: Economic outlook, policy measures, debt distress and the role of nature. Technical Paper No. 1, IUCN Nature-based Recovery Initiative. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Raes, L., Mittempergher, D., Piaggio, M. and Siikamäki, J. (2021). Nature-based Recovery can create jobs, deliver growth and provide value for nature. Technical Paper No. 3, IUCN Nature-based Recovery Initiative. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Carriquiry, M., Piaggio, M., and Sena, G. (2019) Guía de análisis costo-beneficio Aplicación para medidas de adaptación al cambio climático en el sector agropecuario en Uruguay, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Development Program, Montevideo. 163 pp

Alonso, J., Quintans, F., Taks, J., Conde, D., Chalar, G., Bonilla, S., Arocena, R., Haakonsson, S., Aubriot, L., Goyenola, G., Muniz, P., Marrero, A. Hutton, M., Venturini, N., Pita, A.L., Iglesias, K., Ríos, M., Zaldúa, N., Teixeira de Mello, F., Soutullo, A., Eguren, G., Victoria, M., López Tort, F., Maya, L., Castells, M., Benítez, M.J., Lizasoáin, A., Bertoni, E., Bortagaray, V., Salvo, M., Colina, R., Azuriz, K., Castagnet, N., Evia, V., Fernández, A., Lagos, X., Marrero, L., Milans, F., Piaggio, M., Rezzano, N., López, J., Rodríguez, L., Garat, S., Pintos, M., Iriburo, A., Brena, B., Méndez, H. (2019) “Water Quality in Uruguay: current status and challenges”, in Vammen et al. (eds.) Water Quality in the Americas: risks and Opportunities. Interamerican Network of National Academies of Sciences-IANAS/UNESCO, Mexico, pp 561-597, ISBN 978-607-8379-33-0.

Piaggio, M.J., Alpizar, F., Guzman, M. and Ruta, G., 2018. Instrumentos de Política para Control de la Contaminación del Agua y la Emisión de GEI por Fuentes Difusas Provenientes de la Actividad Agropecuaria (No. 129489, pp. 1-162). The World Bank.

Piaggio, M. (2008) “La relación entre el crecimiento económico y la degradación ambiental: Uruguay a lo largo del siglo XX”, in Rubio, M. y Bertoni, R. (comp.) Energía y Desarrollo en el largo siglo XX: Uruguay en el marco latinoamericano pp. 239 – 267, Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Universidad de CC.SS., UdelaR, ISBN: 978-9974-8153-1-5.

Ferrando, M., Fleitas, S., Hernández, E. and Piaggio, M. (2007) “Capacidad innovadora y desempeño exportador”, in Unión de Exportadores (2008) Exportación Inteligente: Un puente entre el sector Exportador y la Academia, Unión de Exportadores, pp. 7 – 38.

Mordecki, G. and Piaggio, M. (2006) “Estructura y Valor Agregado de las Exportaciones Uruguayas”, in Unión de Exportadores (2007) Exportación Inteligente: Un puente entre el sector Exportador y la Academia, , pp. 7 – 32,and in Instituto de Economía (2007) Informe de Coyuntura 2006 – 2007, Instituto de Economía – Facultad de CC.EE. y A., UdelaR.

Selected work in progress

Piaggio, M. and Siikamäki, J. Valuation of parks and non-developed urban green areas in San José, Costa Rica. An approach using choice experiments and hedonic price method.

Piaggio, M. Robalino, J., Ricketts, T., and Pacay, E. Forest cover, protected areas, and public health in Costa Rica.

Conferences, workshops, and presentations 

2021 I Congreso Latinoamericano de Salud Planetaria 

2018      Forum of Experts in SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (UNSD), 6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE).

2017      23th European Association of Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Annual Conference (EAERE), London Group Meeting on Environmental Accounting, 11th Environment for Development Annual meeting, BBL Seminar at The World Bank.

2016      Policy and Technical Experts Committee (PTEC) of the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services partnership (WAVES) of The World Bank.

2015      9th Environment for Development (EfD) Annual Meeting; VI meeting of the Hispano-American Input-Output Analysis society; 10th years anniversary conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program

2014      5th World Congress in Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE); 5th Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW5); 22nd International Input-Output Conference (IIOA); Faculty of Economics and Management, Universidad de la República, Annual meeting; Economic History Department, University of Stockholm seminar; CEFO/CSD Sustainability, Uppsala University seminar,

2013      20th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE); VI Ibero-american Congress on Development and Environment (CISDA VI); V meeting of the Hispano-American Input-Output Analysis society; 28th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and 67th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (EEA); 21st International Input – Output Conference (IIOA); XV workshop of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP); Applied Economics Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona lunch seminar;. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) seminar/workshop on Challenges in fiscal, social, and environmental  policy for sustainable development, 

2012      20th International Input-Output Conference (IIOA); XIV workshop of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP); 12th Workshop Regional Development Portuguese Association; XIII Conference of the Spanish Critic Economic Association.

2011      9th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics

2008      XXIII Annual conference of the Central Bank of Uruguay; I Forum on Sustainable development of the Coastal zone, Coastal zone integrated management program (EcoPlata).

2007      I Latin-American congress of Economic History (CLADEH); Annual academic meeting of the chamber of exporters of Uruguay.

Reviewer for projects and journals 

Reviewer for Research projects and proposals

María Viñas Fund- National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), Uruguay; Clemente Estable Fund. National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), Uruguay; Latin-American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP); Master in Integrated Coastal Management - Universidad de la República (UdelaR)

Reviewer for international organizations

The World Bank, Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) Partnership in Guatemala (P153737) , External peer-reviewer.

Peer reviewed journals

AMBIO; Ecological Economics; Energy Policy; Ecology and Society; Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy; AGU Books.