Lucio Castro is a Senior Economist in the Global Investment Climate Unit of the World Bank Group's Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice. Previously, he worked at IFC Economic and Market Research and Impact Evaluation Departments. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, he served in various roles, including Vice-Minister in the Ministry of Production of Argentina, Alternate Executive Director at the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), and Director of Economic Development at CIPPEC. He was a visiting scholar and research fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Development (CID), receiving the Fulbright Nexus Scholarship. He worked as economic advisor in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East for the IDB, European Commission, DfID, GDN, CAF, and national and sub-national governments. Lucio is also Associated Proffesor at Universidad Austral and Affiliated Researcher with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) SME Initiative. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex and a Masters from Columbia University.