Ana Paula Cusolito is a Senior Economist currently working at the Markets, Competition & Technology Unit of the FCI Global Practice of the World Bank. Her research focuses on firm and aggregate productivity and its determinants, including foreign competition, digital-technology adoption, innovation, and corporate governance. Ana Paula has co-authored several academic papers, WBG flagship reports, and books. Her research has been published in international journals such as American Economic Review: Insights, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Economics, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Economics and Public Finance, IZA Journal of Labor and Development, and Journal of Development Effectiveness among others. She has been invited to present her work and be discussant at several international conferences, including Econometric Society, EEA, LACEA, RES, WEAI among others. Before joining the WBG, Ana Paula worked at the IADB as Country Economist for Costa Rica and the Ministry of Finance of Buenos Aires Province, UNDP program. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a Master from UCEMA, and a B.A, from Universidad Nacional de La Plata.