International Labour Organization (ILO), Paraguay
May – Sep 2025: Update of the national informality diagnosis and developed annual monitoring indicators based on the “distance to formality” concept.
ILO & IMF Joint Project, Paraguay
Apr – Sep 2025: Co-authored the study “Droughts and Employment in Paraguay: Regional Heterogeneity, Gender and Social Protection Gaps,” using pseudo-panel analysis to quantify the effects of climate shocks on employment, informality, and gender inequality.
ILO & IMF Joint Project, Paraguay
Nov 2024 – Jun 2025: Co-authored the study “Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Employment in Paraguay,” analyzing the effect of macroeconomic uncertainty on employment and informality, with a special focus on gender gaps and local projection methods.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Paraguay
Jan – Jun 2023: Contributed to the Country Development Challenges report and national development strategy, providing policy advice and research support.
IDB – Regulatory Impact Assessment, Paraguay
Jul – Nov 2021: Designed practical methodologies to include informality in Regulatory Impact Assessments. Produced the study “Informality in Paraguay: Realities and Perspectives” with policy recommendations.
IDB & AFD (Development Finance Agency), Paraguay
Jul 2019 – Jul 2021: Led monitoring and evaluation for the Energy Efficiency Program (PR-L1146, GCF-funded), including methodological recommendations to measure economic, environmental, and social impacts.
IDB & AFD (Development Finance Agency), Paraguay
May 2018 – May 2019: Strengthened credit operations monitoring and evaluation systems; developed impact evaluation alternatives and coordinated data management with financial intermediaries.
Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Paraguay
Oct 2019 – Jan 2020: Analyzed potential fiscal rule reforms using the DIGNAR model to assess the impact of excluding public investment from the deficit and creating a stabilization fund.
ILO, Paraguay
Feb – Aug 2021: Assessed the macroeconomic effects of expanding social protection programs, using CGE modeling to evaluate public spending scenarios on poverty and inequality.
USAID / Instituto Desarrollo, Paraguay
May 2021 – Nov 2022: Researched foreign direct investment, rule of law, and labor informality for the “Rule of Law and Culture of Integrity” program.
CONACYT / Instituto Desarrollo, Paraguay
May – Nov 2021:
Evaluated non-contributory pension impacts for the elderly using regression discontinuity design.
Led an impact evaluation of the PRONII science and technology program using difference-in-differences.