Fausto Patiño Peña is an Economist at the World Bank's Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice for the Latin America region. His expertise covers topics such as aggregate productivity and misallocation, growth, firm and labor demand dynamics, state-owned enterprises, firm technology and innovation, and jobs and informality. Fausto has authored research papers and contributed to Flagship reports in these fields at a research capacity and within the World Bank. He has also participated in development policy and investment loan engagements in various countries in Latin America focused in the areas of growth, productivity, innovation, and trade promotion. Fausto joined the World Bank in 2019 as a Young Professional into the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global practice, where he worked in topics related to private sector development. Prior to joining the World Bank, he completed a PhD in Economics at the University of Minnesota, focusing his doctoral research on the impact of government policies on the allocation of resources. Before his doctoral studies, he obtained a Master's in Economics from the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros - CEMFI and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Fausto also previously worked for the Economic Analysis Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, collaborating on a broad range of macro-policy related projects.