Eduardo A. Cavallo

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 Published Papers

 Economics of Natural Disasters

1.  The Welfare Gains from Macro-Insurance Against Natural Disasters. Co-authored with Eduardo Borensztein and Olivier Jeanne. Journal of Development Economics, January 2017, Vol. 124, 142-156.   Working Paper: NBER Working Paper No. 21674.

2. Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth. Co-authored with Sebastián Galiani, Ilan Noy and Juan Pantano. The Review of Economics and Statistics, December 2013, Vol. 95, No. 5, Pages 1549-1561. Previous version IDB Working Paper #183. Media coverage: Yahoo Argentina; JBonline (Brasil); Diario Financiero (Chile); Radio Caracol (Colombia); SDP Noticias (Mexico); El Comercio (Peru); Terra (EEUU); La Nacion (Argentina).

3.  Estimating the Direct Economic Damages of the Earthquake in Haiti. Coauthored with Andrew Powell and Oscar Becerra. The Economic Journal, Volume 120, Issue 546, pages F298-F312, 2010. Previous versions available IDB Working Paper #163. Media coverage: CNN en Español, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Times, The Economist, among others.

4.  Natural Disasters and the Economy — A Survey, Coauthored with Ilan Noy.  International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics: Vol. 5:No 1, pp 63-102, 2011. 

5.  The Aftermath of Natural Disasters: Beyond Destruction. Co-authored with Ilan Noy. CESifo Forum 2/2010, pages 25-35. This is an abbreviated version of "The Economics of Disasters --A Survey." IDB Working paper #124.

6.  Debt Sustainability under Catastrophic Risk: The Case for Government Budget Insurance. Coauthored with Eduardo Borensztein and Patricio Valenzuela. Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2009, Vol. 12, No. 2, pages 273-294. (*) See disclaimer below.

7. Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters. Co-authored with Ilan Noy and Oscar Becerra. Review of Development Economics, 18(3), 445-460, 2014.

8. Price and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters. Co-authored with Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon. Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 60, Issue S2, November 2014, Pages: S449–S471. Previous version available through NBER WP 19474.

9. Where is the Money? Post-Disaster Foreign Aid Flows. w/ Oscar Becerra and Ilan Noy. Environment and Development Economics, volume 20, issue 05, pp.561-586. (web appendix).

10. The Impact of Natural Disasters on Economic Growth. co-authored with Oscar Becerra and Laura Acevedo. IDB Working Paper No. 1257. In Skidmore, M. ed, Handbook on the Economics of Disasters, Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA

11.  Disasters and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Introduction to the Special Issue. co-authored with Bridget Hoffmann & Ilan Noy.  Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-023-00132-2.  

12.   Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin.  with Santiago Gómez, Ilan Noy and Eric Strobl.  Climate and Development (2025), 1–10.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2475148. 

International Finance / Macro

13.   Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to External Crises, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality. Coauthored with Jeffrey A. Frankel. Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 27, Issue 8, December 2008, pages 1430-1452. Previous versions available through the John F. Kennedy School of Government Working Paper Series, RWP04-038 and NBER Working Paper No. w10957. Final full working paper version IDB WP# 618. Non-technical summary: NBER DIGEST.

14.  Openness to Trade and Output Volatility: a Reassessment. Economía (Journal of LACEA), Volume 9, Number 1, Fall 2008, pages 105-152. Previous version available through IDB Research Department Working Paper 604.

15.  Financial Development and TFP Growth: Cross Country and Industry Level Evidence. Coauthored with Francisco Arizala and Arturo Galindo. Applied Financial Economics, Vol 23 (6), pp. 443-448 (2013). Research Department Working Paper #682.  

16.  The Determinants of Corporate Spreads in Emerging Markets: An Option-Adjusted Spreads Analysis. Coauthored with Patricio Valenzuela. International Journal of Finance & Economics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, January 2010, pages 59–74. Previous versions available through IDB Research Department Working Paper 602 and IMF Working Paper 07/228.

17. Why Credit Matters for Productivity," co-authored with Arturo Galindo and Alejandro Izquierdo. In The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom-Up, Carmen Pagés, Editor, Chap. 6, pp. 123-151. Washington, DC: 2010 IDB Report "Development in the Americas". Palgrave, Macmillan.

18.  Exchange Rate Policy and Liability Dollarization: What Does the Data Reveal About Causality. Coauthored with Pelin Berkmen. Review of International Economics, Volume 18, Issue 5, November 2010. Previous versions available through IMF Working Paper 07/33.

19.  Do Credit Rating Agencies Add Value? Evidence from the Sovereign Rating Business. Co-authored with Andrew Powell and Roberto Rigobon. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 18: 240-265 (2013).  Previous version available through Research Department Working Paper #647.

20.  Public Investment in Developing Countries: A Blessing or a Curse? Coauthored with Christian Daude. Journal of Comparative Economics, Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2011. Previous version available through Research Department Working Paper #648.

21.  The Role of Relative Price Volatility in the Efficiency of Investment Allocation. Co-authored with Alejandro Izquierdo, Arturo Galindo and John Jairo Leon. Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 33 (2013) 1-18. Previous version available through IDB Working Paper #208.

22.  Coping with Financial Crises: Latin American Answers to European Questions. Co-authored with Eduardo Fernández-Arias. Revue internationale de politique de développement [En ligne], 4.1, 2013. URL: http://poldev.revues.org/1252; DOI : 10.4000/poldev.1252  Also available as IDB Policy Brief, No. IDB-PB-176. Inter-American Development Bank.

23.  Is the Euro-zone on the Mend? Latin American Examples to Analyze the Euro Question. Co-authored with Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Andrew Powell. Journal of Banking and Finance. Volume 47, October 2014, Pages 243–257. Previous version available through IDB-WP-525.

24. A New Taxonomy of Sudden Stops: Which Sudden Stops should countries be most concerned about?, joint with Andrew Powell, Pilar Tavella and Mathieu Pedemonte. Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 51 (2015) 47-70. Previous version available through IDB-WP-430.

25. Precautionary Strategies and Household Saving,  joint with Joshua Aizenman and Ilan Noy. Open Economies Review, November 2015, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp 911-939. Previous version available through NBER WP# 21019.

26. What is the relationship between national saving and investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. w/ Mathieu Pedemonte. Economía (Journal of LACEA), volume 16, issue 2, pp29-53, Spring 2016.

27. Is Business Saving Really None of Our Business?, joint with Ricardo Bebczuk. Applied Economics, volume 48, issue 24, 2016. Previous version available as IDB-WP-523. 

28. Can Countries Rely on Foreign Saving for Investment and Economic Development?, co-authored with Barry Eichengreen and Ugo Panizza. Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv). May 2018, Volume 154, Issue 2, pp 277–306. Previous version available as IDB-WP-718.

29. Gone with the Wind: Demographic Transitions and Domestic Saving, co-authored with Gabriel Sánchez and Patricio Valenzuela. Review of Development Economics, November 2018, Volume 22, Issue 4, pp 1744-1764 . Previous version. IDB Working Paper No. 688.

30. International capital flow reversals (sudden stops). In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Oxford University Press, May 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.303

31. Growth-friendly Fiscal Rules? Safeguarding Public Investment from Budget Cuts through Fiscal Rule Design, co-authored with Martín Ardanaz, Alejandro Izquierdo, and Jorge Puig.  Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 111, March 2021. IDB Working Paper # 1083.

32. "Sectoral Productivity Growth, COVID-19 Shocks, and Infrastructure," co-authored with Hildegart Ahumada, Fernando Navajas, and Santos Espina-Mairal. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-021-00098-z.  IDB Working Paper #1256. 

33. Review of "A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America 1960 – 2017," by Timothy J. Kehoe and Juan Pablo Nicolini (editors). Journal of Economic Literature. Sep 2022, Vol. 60, No. 3: Pages 1058-1071

34.   Fiscal rules: challenges and reform opportunities for emerging and developing economies, co-authored with Martín Ardanaz and Alejandro Izquierdo. In Fiscal policy in a Turbulent Era: Tectonic Shifts (Edward Elgar), edited by Enrique Alberola. February 2024. IDB Working Paper #1443

35.  Output Effects of Fiscal Consolidations: Does Spending Composition Matter? co-authored with Martín Ardanaz, Alejandro Izquierdo, and Jorge Puig.  IMF Economic Review (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-024-00270-x.   

36. Sudden Stops in Latin America and the Caribbean during COVID-19, co-authored with Juan M. Hernández, María José González Jaramillo and Andrew Powell. Forthcoming, Emerging Markets Review, volume 65, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2025.101263.

37. External Crisis Vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-authored with Santiago Gómez-Malagon and Eduardo Fernández-Arias. Forthcoming, Economía.

38.  Linking External Finance to Growth and Development in Recipient Countries, co-authored with Carolina Celis and Arturo Galindo. In The Palgrave Handbook of Development Finance  (Palgrave Macmillan), edited by George Kararach, Emmanuel Pinto Moreira, and Victor Murinde. 2025

Political Economy

39.  The Politics of Financial Development: The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities. Coauthored with Carlos Scartascini and Oscar Becerra. Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 36, Issue 3, March 2012, pages 626-643.

40.  Are Crises Good for Long Term Growth? The Role of Political Institutions. Coauthored with Alberto Cavallo. Journal of Macroeconomics 32 (3), September 2010, pages 838-857. Previous versions available through Research Department Working Paper #643.  

41.  Argentina 2002: when the attempt to set the right prices destroyed property rights. Coauthored with Domingo F. Cavallo. (September 2002). Techniques Financières et Développement N°70, mars 2003.

Books 

1.  “Peril and Promise: Tackling Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Edited by Allen Blackman, Eduardo Cavallo, Bridget Hoffmann, and Adrien Vogt-Schilb. IDB Flagship Development in the America’s (DIA) Report (2024). Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013427. 

2. "From Recovery to Renaissance: Turning Crisis into Opportunity," 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report. Eduardo Cavallo, Arturo Galindo, Victoria Nuguer and Andrew Powell, Coordinators. (En español, "De la recuperación a la renovación: transformar la crisis en oportunidad")

3. "Opportunities for Stronger and Sustainable Postpandemic Growth," 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report. Eduardo Cavallo and Andrew Powell, Coordinators. (En español: "Oportunidades para un mayor crecimiento sostenible tras la pandemia"). 

4. "From Structures to Services: the Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean," 2020 Development in the America's (DIA), IDB Flagship Report. Eduardo Cavallo, Andrew Powell and Tomas Serebrisky, Editors. Video of the presentation.

5. "Building Opportunities for Growth in a Challenging World," 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report. Eduardo Cavallo and Andrew Powell, Coordinators. (En español: "Construir oportunidades para crecer en un mundo desafiante")

6.  "A Mandate to Grow," 2018 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report. Eduardo Cavallo and Andrew Powell, Coordinators. (En español: "La hora del crecimiento")

7. "Saving for Development: How Latin America and the Caribbean can Save More and Better," 2016 Development in the America's (DIA), IDB Flagship Report. Eduardo Cavallo and Tomas Serebrisky, Editors. Video of the presentation.

8. "Dealing with an International Credit Crunch: Policy Responses to Sudden Stops," Eduardo Cavallo and Alejandro Izquierdo, 2009. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank. Book presented at the XVIII Ciclo de Jornadas Económicas del Banco de Guatemela. 15 y 16 de Junio de 2009; and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark conference on: Reforming the Bretton Woods Institutions 16-17 September 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark. Non-technical summary available here.

Chapters & Other Contributions

1. "Strong External Balance Sheets for Resilient Economies," co-authored with Eduardo Fernández-Arias. In Less Risk for More Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andrew Powell and Oscar Valencia, editors. Chapter 2, pp. 5 - 36. Washington D.C. 2023. 

2. "Domestic Bond Markets: Successes and Challenges," co-authored with Eduardo Borensztein. In Less Risk for More Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andrew Powell and Oscar Valencia, editors. Chapter 3, pp. 37 - 66. Washington D.C. 2023. 

3. "Implications of Climate Change and Natural Disasters," co-authored with Bridget Hoffmann. In Inclusion in Times of COVID-19, Victoria Nuguer and Andrew Powell, Coordinators. Chapter 6, pp. 53 - 66. Washington D.C. August 2020. 

4. "Salir del Tunel Pandémico con crecimiento y equidad: una estrategia para un nuevo compacto social en América Latina y el Caribe Covid -19," Monografía del BID, Julio de 2020. Alejandro Izquierdo, Philip Keefer, Allen Blackman, Matías Busso, Eduardo Cavallo, Gregory Elacqua, Ana María Ibañez, Julián Messina, Mauricio Moreira, Carlos Scartascini, Norbert Schady, y Tomás Serebrisky. 

5. "Why Credit Matters for Productivity," co-authored with Arturo Galindo and Alejandro Izquierdo. In The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom-Up, Carmen Pagés, Editor, Chap. 6, pp. 123-151. Washington, DC: 2010 IDB Report "Development in the Americas". Palgrave, Macmillan.

6. "External Sustainability Analysis: Methods and Policy Issues," co-authored with Oscar Valencia (Banco de la República, Colombia). IDB-Policy Brief #267. 

Working Papers

1.  NEW! Breaking Barriers in Retirement Planning: Evidence from Colombia’s Dual-Advisory Program, with Oscar Becerra and Carlos S. Guzmán.  Documentos CEDE 21365, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.

2. Assessing the Distributional Implications of Transition Policies, with Bridget Hoffmann and Bruna Cricci.  Technical Note # IDB-TN-2992. September 2024

3.  Environmental Damage News and Stock Returns: Evidence from Latin America, with Ana Cepeda and Ugo Panizza.  Working paper No IDB-WP-1593.  May 2024 

4. "The Risk of International Financial Crisis," with Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Juan Martín Rinaldi. IDB Working Paper #1389. 

5. "Infrastructure Bonds. The Case of Brazil," co-authored with Eduardo Borensztein and Pablo Pereira Dos Santos. IDB-TN-2454.

6. "Estimating the Potential Economic Impact of Haiti's 2021 Earthquake," co-authored with Laura Giles-Alvarez and Andrew Powell. IDB Technical Note No. 2297.

7. "Preventing Sudden Stops in Net Capital Flows," co-authored with Alejandro Izquierdo and John J. Leon. IDB Working Paper #1132. The previous revised version was circulated as "Domestic Antidotes to Sudden Stops. " (published as IDB Working Paper No. 851).

8. "El efecto de la infraestructura en el desempeño de seis economías de América Latina: Una evaluación con modelos de Equilibrio General Computado," co-autoriado con Juan Pablo Brichetti, Omar Chisari, Leonardo Mastronardi, Tomás Serebrisky y Juan Pablo Vila Martínez. IDB Technical Paper No. IDB-TN-1855

9. "Making International Financial Integration Work for Low-Saving Countries," co-authored with Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Matías Marzani. Previous version IDB Working Paper No. 823.

10. "Varieties of Saving and Crises," co-authored with Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Matías Marzani. IDB Technical Note No. 1047.

11. "The Mystery of Saving in Latin America", co-authored with Oscar Becerra and Ilan Noy. IDB Working Paper No. 615.

12. "Quid Pro Quo: sudden stops and commitment" Coauthored with Andrés Velasco and Roberto Chang. This is a completely new version of a paper circulated under the same title. The previous paper was presented at the UTDT Summer Camp, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2005, the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Latin American Economic Association (LACEA), Mexico City, Mexico (November 2-4, 2006), the IMF's Research Department Seminar (February 2007), and the Meeting on Open Macroeconomics and Development, 2nd Ed. Aix-en-Provence, France (July 2-3, 2007).

13. "Debt Sustainability Fan Charts: Combining Multivariate Regression Analysis and External Forecasts." Mimeos. Coauthored with Francisco Arizala, Christian Castro and Andrew Powell.  

 PhD Dissertation: main chapter

  “Trade, Gravity and Sudden Stop: on how commercial trade can increase the stability of capital flows” IDB-Research Department Working Paper #588. Previous version: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2005-23. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), San Jose, Costa Rica, (November 4-6, 2004), at the Macroeconomics Seminar of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (June 13, 2005), and Economics Department Seminars at: University of San Andres (Argentina), University of California at Santa Cruz, Warwick University (UK), University of San Francisco, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, Catholic University of America, IDB Research Department.

 Op-Eds & Press

"Afrontando los efectos económicos del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe" (w/ Bridget Hoffmann) IDEAS que Cuentan 8/30/2023 (in English here)

"External Crisis Vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean: Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full? IDB Research Insights #111: August 2023 (en castellano, aqui)

"Desarrollo de mercados de deuda locales para el crecimiento y la estabilidad." Ideas que Cuentan 6/22/2023. (in English, here)

"How Can Policymakers Make Fiscal Rules More Effective? " IDB Research Insights #87: March 2023 (en castellano aqui)

"Reglas fiscales para una región ahogada por la deuda," (w/ Martín Ardanaz y Alejandro Izquierdo). Ideas que Cuentan 03/03/2023. (In English here)

"Los déficits fiscales persistentes pueden provocar una catástrofe en América Latina y el Caribe," Ideas que Cuentan, 11/22/2022. (In English, here)

"Why Did Some Countries Sudden Sudden Stops in Capital Flows during the Pandemic While Others Did Not?"  IDB Research Insights #61: June 2022. (en castellano, aquí)

"Tackling Informality for Fiscal Health in the Post-Pandemic Period." Ideas que Cuentan (06/22/2022). (en español aqui). 

"De la pandemia, a la inflación y la guerra: Desafíos para los formuladores de políticas públicas en América Latina y el Caribe," (w/ Arturo Galindo, Victoria Nuguer y Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 4/19/2022. (in english, here)

"Crecimiento, productividad y maleabilidad," Proyección Económica, una publicación del Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, No. 17. pp. 29-51. Marzo 2022

"Preserving Public Investment During Fiscal Adjustments," (w/ Martín Ardanaz, Alejandro Izquierdo and Jorge Puig). Ideas que Cuentan, 3/9/2022. (en catellano, aquí)

"Do Changes in the Composition of Public Spending Affect the Macroeconomic Consequences of Fiscal Adjustments?" IDB Research Insights #59: January 2022. (en castellano, aquí)

"Can Better Infrastructure Offset the Negative Impacts that COVID-19 has had on Productivity in Different Economic Sectors?" IDB Research Insights #45: September 2021. (en castellano aqui).  

"Estimación del possible impacto económico del terremoto de Haiti de 2021," (c/ Laura Giles-Alvarez y Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 9/27/2021. (English version here)

"Crecimiento de la productividad a nivel sectorial y el camino a la recuperación de la Covid-19," (c/ Hildegart Ahumada, Fernando Navajas y Santos Espina Mairal). Ideas que Cuentan, 8/19/2021. (English version here)

"La principal preocupación es el alto nivel de deuda que tendrá el sector corporativo tras la pandemia," Entrevista, Semanario La Mañana de Uruguay. 04/28/2021

Latin America and the Caribbean after COVID-19. (w/ Andrew Powell). VoxEu.org, 04/13/2021.

Post-pandemic growth in the horizon. (Op Ed), Business Authority - 03/27/2021.

New Report Details the Economic Risks and the Opportunities for Stronger Postpandemic Growth. (w/ Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 3/24/2021. (en castellano, aqui)

Can the Design of Fiscal Rules Help to Protect Productive Public Investment from Budget Cuts? IDB Department Research Insights #27, January 2021. (en castellano aqui).

The False Choice of Renewable Energy, (w/ Juan Pablo Brichetti and Tomás Serebrisky). Ideas que Cuentan, 10/29/2020. (en castellano aqui).

Digitizing Infrastructure Services Brings More Inclusive Growth, (w/ Juan Pablo Brichetti and Tomás Serebrisky). Ideas que Cuentan, 10/14/2020. (en castellano aqui).

How to Increase Credit Penetration in Latin America and the Caribbean?: Improve Government Capacity and Reduce the Role of Interest Groups. IDB Department Research Insights #11, October 2020. (en castellano aqui).

The Importance of Good Regulations: When Investing Well Is Not Enough, (w/ Juan Pablo Brichetti and Tomás Serebrisky). Ideas que Cuentan, 10/1/2020. (en castellano aqui)

Seguros contra desastres naturales, ¿por qué tan pocos países los tienen? Revista Semana, Colombia. 9/28/2020

How We Measure the Productivity and Efficiency Gains of Improving Infrastructure Services. (w/ Juan Pablo Brichetti and Tomás Serebrisky). Ideas que Cuentan, 9/15/2020. (En castellano, aqui)

From Structures to Services: A New Vision for Infrastructure. (w/ Tomás Serebrisky and Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 8/6/2020. (En castellano, aqui)

What experiences with natural disasters can teach about recovering from the pandemic. Ideas que Cuentan, 7/16/2020. (En castellano, aqui)

Baker or Brady: Lessons of Past Financial Crises for the Pandemic Recovery. Ideas que Cuentan, 7/9/2020. (En castellano, aqui)

El cambio climático sigue siendo una amenaza para el crecimiento económico y la reducción de la desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe. (w/ Bridget Hoffmann) Ideas que Cuentan, 5/11/2020. (English here) (video, in English, here)

América Latina ha sufrido sudden stops en el pasado. El coronavirus lleva el desafío a un nuevo nivel. Ideas que Cuentan, 3/24/2020. (English here)

¿Cómo puede América Latina y el Caribe evitar la próxima crisis financiera? (c/ Eric Parrado y Juan Hernández). Ideas que Cuentan, 11/15/2019. (English here)

Infrastructure improvements can't wait (Op Ed), Business Authority - 05/20/2019

Cuando la mejora de la infraestructura no puede esperar. Ideas que Cuentan, 5/17/2019. (English here)

América Latina necesita más inversión y productividad. Estas son las razones. (w./ Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 4/19/2018. (English here)

Higher growth needed in Latin America and the Caribbean (w./ Andrew Powell). VoxEu.org, 4/19/2018.

Forthcoming IDB Report: A Mandate to Grow (w./ Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 3/7/2018. (Spanish here).

What are the antidotes to Sudden Stops? (w./ Alejandro Izquierdo and John Jairo León). Ideas que Cuentan, 2/16/2018 (Spanish here)

How Have Natural Disasters Affected Insurance Offerings? Commentary printed in Financial Services Advisor, a publication of the Inter-American Dialogue. www.thedialogue.com. January 25- February 7, 2018.

Big Data and the Pursuit of Better Disaster Relief. Ideas que Cuentan, 9/13/2017 (Spanish, here)

Bracing For Impact: Preparing Nations for Natural Disasters. Ideas que Cuentan, 9/7/2017 (Spanish, here)

Financial Integration: Friend or Foe of low-saving countries?. Ideas que Cuentan, 8/8/2017. (Spanish, here)

Jubilaciones: la Crisis que se Viene. (c./ Mariano Bosch), Focoeconómico, 6/19/2017.

Cuando las pensiones mal diseñadas amenazan el futuro. (c./ Mariano Bosch), Ideas que Cuentan, 6/2/2017. (English, here)

BID presenta en Madrid el Informe Desarrollo en las Américas (DIA) 2016 (VIDEO)

América Latina ahorra ‘poco y mal’, RFI (Francia) en español (AUDIO).

Rethinking Taxation to Protect Savings. (with Carola Pessino), Ideas que Cuentan, 3/29/2017.

Un Sistema Tributario que Fomente el Ahorro. (c./ Carola Pessino), FocoEconómico.org, 3/8/2017.

Natural Disaster Insurance: Why Don't More Countries Have It? IDEAS que Cuentan, 2/15/2017. (En Español aqui)

Natural Disasters: How Nations Build Resilience, IDEAS que Cuentan, 1/11/2017. (En Español aqui)

No Place Like Home to Finance Investment, IDEAS que Cuentan, 11/4/2016. (En Español, aquí)

Latin America's Challenge: More and Better Saving for Development, The World Financial Review, Sept-Oct 2016.

El bajo ahorro en los bancos chilenos, El Mercurio, 09/01/2016.

Ahorro e Inversión: el Tango se baila de a dos, (c./ Tomás Serebrisky) FocoEconómico.org, 8/28/2016.

Foreign savings: No gain, some pain, VoxEU.org, 8/8/2016.

Fixing the Saving Problem in Latin America and the Caribbean, VoxEu.org, 7/29/16.

El Ahorro como Política de Estado, CNN Chile, 14 de junio de 2016.

La economía de desastres naturales: Posibles escenarios financieros tras un terremoto, Ekos Negocios (Ecuador), 14 de junio de 2016.

What Does Saving Have to Do with Resilience to Natural Disasters?, IDEAS que Cuentan, 4/1/2016.

¿Qué tiene que ver el ahorro con la capacidad de recuperarse tras un desastre natural?, IDEAS que Cuentan, 4/1/2016.

Fuerza Chile, IDEAS que Cuentan, 9/18/2015.

Foreign Aid for Disasters: Never Enough, IDEAS que Cuentan, 4/30/2015.

¿Por que ahorramos?, IDEAS que Cuentan. 04/09/2015.

Precautionary strategies and household saving, Voxeu.org, 4/01/2015.

Tango Lessons for Greece?, IDEAS que Cuentan. 2/12/2015.

Latin America's Advice to Europe: Be Decisive!, IDEAS que Cuentan. 1/22/2015.

A new taxonomy of Sudden Stops: Which Sudden Stops should countries be most concerned about?, VoxEU.org, 8/30/13.

 Save More to Improve Infraestructure in Latin America and the Caribbean, VoxEU.org, 4/3/2013.

Ahorrar mas para invertir en infraestructura, VoxLACEA.org, 3/22/2013: video

Atención con los Desastres Naturales..., VoxLACEA.org, 1/21/23.  

Coping with Financial Crises: Latin American Answers to European Questions, VoxEU.org, 10/17/2012.

Interview with Radio Fisherton CNN Rosario, Natural Disasters and Growth (in spanish): Audio

Los grupos de interés y las capacidades gubernamentales importan para el desarrollo financiero, VoxLACEA.org, 09/06/2012. 

What Matters for Financial Development?, VoxEU.org, 05/12/2012.

The Economics of Natural Disasters, IDEA Newsletter, volume 22. July 2010.

Interview with CNN en Español: February 27, 2010 Earthquake in Chile: video   

Interview with CNN en Español: January 12, 2010 Earthquake in Haiti: video

Interview with "El Economista", Mexican newspaper (in spanish): "Productividad, amarrada al financiamiento". 07/19/2010.

Debt Management in Latin America: How Safe Is the New Debt Composition? IDB Policy Brief #109.

• "How Safe is Latin America Debt?", VoxEU.org, 02/24/2010.

• Interview with "Brasil Economico" (in portuguese): "Dívida da América Latina não é imune a choques externos". 03/07/2010. Also available in the printed version.

Dealing with an International Credit Crunch: Lessons from Latin America, RGE Global Monitor, April 1, 2009. Also in: Dealing with the crisis: Lessons from Latin America, VoxEU.org, March 29, 2009. Also in IDEA Newsletter, volume 18. April 2009.

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