Marcio Cruz is a principal economist in the Economic Research Department of the International Finance Corporation. Previously, he served as a senior economist in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice at the World Bank. His research focuses on firm dynamics, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, international trade, and impact evaluation. He has also worked in the Development Economics Vice Presidency, where he contributed to the World Bank’s flagship publications Global Economic Prospects and Global Monitoring Report. Before joining the World Bank, Cruz was a tenured professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil and worked as an economist for the Secretary of Planning of the state of Paraná. His research has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of International Economics, Small Business Economics, and World Development. In 2015, he received the World Bank's Research Academy Award. He holds a PhD in International Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute.