Eduardo Lora is the principal advisor of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has been associate member of Saint Anthony’s College of Oxford University, editor of Coyuntura Económica, and executive director of Fedesarrollo, Colombia’s leading policy research institution.

Since joining the IDB in 1996, Lora has served as the coordinator of the Bank’s annual report, Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. His individual contributions to this report have included studies on structural reforms, income inequality, economic growth, social policies, and productivity and competitiveness.