Giordano Paolo

Paulo Giordano holds a PhD in Economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), a Master of Arts from the Bocconi University of Milan and completed his education at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

He currently serves as a Senior Economist in the Trade and Integration Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank where he conducts policy-oriented research programmes, coordinates regional policy dialogues, organizes capacity building activities, develops country and regional policy programming, and leads lending operations and technical assistance in areas related to trade and regional integration.

Before joining the Bank he was an Appointed Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where he lectured in International Economics, Trade Policy and Latin American Development and served as the Coordinator of the Working Group on EU–Mercosur Negotiations of the Mercosur Chair.

He has been an invited professor in several European and American universities, published in international refereed journals, organized and participated in international meetings, supervised graduate students and served as a consultant for international organizations.

Mr Giordano speaks five languages and has resided and travelled extensively in developed and developing countries for academic and professional purposes.