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Jamele Rigolini

World Bank Program Leader for Human Development and Poverty for Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela

Jamele Rigolini is the World Bank Program Leader for Human Development and Poverty for
Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. His areas of expertise include social protection,
human development, labor markets, poverty, gender and entrepreneurship/innovation policies.

Prior to joining the World Bank, he was an assistant professor of economics at the University of Warwick (UK). He also worked for the Inter-American Development Bank, the International
Union for Conservation of Nature and McKinsey & Co. 

At the World Bank, he worked in the East Asia and Pacific region, where he managed lending
projects and advisory activities in the areas of labor markets and social protection. He also
managed the World Bank’s flagship reports for Latin America and maintained close dialogue
with other international organizations, as well as with Latin American academic institutions and think tanks.

Jamele Rigolini holds a degree in physics from the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University. He has published articles in several economics journals, including the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, Economic Letters and World Development.

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