Laura Alfaro

Laura Alfaro

Laura Alfaro is the Chief Economist for the Inter-American Development Bank and Economic Counselor to the President. She is taking a leave from Harvard Business School, where she is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. She served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010 to 2012. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International Economics and World Bank Research Observer, Vice-President of LACEA, and Faculty Research Associate in CEPR and NBER. Professor Alfaro has authored numerous articles on international economics, capital flows, foreign direct investment (FDI), sovereign debt, and trade. Laura Alfaro earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where she received the Dissertation Fellowship award. She received a B.A. degree in economics from the Universidad de Costa Rica and a 'Licenciatura' from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile.