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| Santiago Levy | |
|---|---|
| Name | Santiago Levy |
| Birth date | 1953 |
| Birth place | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Economist, policymaker, researcher |
| Alma mater | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University |
Santiago Levy Santiago Levy is a Mexican economist and policymaker known for his work on social policy, poverty reduction, and public finance. He has held senior roles in international institutions, national administrations, and academic centers, influencing debates at World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Harvard University, and key Mexican agencies. Levy's research blends empirical evaluation, program design, and fiscal analysis with engagement in policy implementation across Latin America and beyond.
Born in Mexico City, Levy studied economics and finance at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and pursued graduate studies at Princeton University, where he completed doctoral work under advisors linked to James Tobin-era macroeconomics and Robert Solow-influenced growth theory. He also trained at the Institute for Advanced Study and participated in programs associated with National Bureau of Economic Research and American Economic Association conferences. His early formation connected him with scholars from Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Yale University who shaped quantitative approaches to policy evaluation.
Levy has held research and teaching appointments at institutions including Harvard University, Inter-American Development Bank research departments, and Mexican centers such as Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas and El Colegio de México. His work has appeared in outlets associated with Journal of Development Economics, Econometrica, and publication series of the World Bank and OECD. He collaborated with economists from Amartya Sen-influenced welfare literature, Angus Deaton-style consumption analysis, and Esther Duflo-linked randomized evaluation networks. Levy participated in research networks including the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association and the Brookings Institution's global poverty initiatives.
In Mexico, Levy served in senior positions at the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público and as coordinator of social programs tied to administrations of presidents from parties such as the Institutional Revolutionary Party and National Action Party. Internationally, he worked at the World Bank as lead economist and at the Inter-American Development Bank advising presidents and boards on fiscal policy and social investment. He advised programs linked to Programa Nacional de Solidaridad, conditional cash transfer reforms like Progresa, and fiscal reforms associated with ministers from Carlos Salinas de Gortari-era teams and later cabinets. Levy engaged with multilateral negotiations involving the International Monetary Fund and participated in advisory councils convened by the United Nations Development Programme and the European Commission.
Levy's research focuses on design and evaluation of social programs such as cash transfers, labor market interventions, and subsidy reforms. He analyzed impacts of programs like Oportunidades, Prospera, and variants implemented in countries such as Brazil (including Bolsa Família), Chile (including Chile Solidario), and Colombia (including Familias en Acción). His methodological repertoire draws on randomized controlled trials promoted by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, quasi-experimental techniques used by Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens, and benefit-incidence analysis associated with Alan A. Duncan and Tony Atkinson. Levy contributed to debates on targeting versus universalism debated by scholars around Paul Krugman-referenced macro frameworks and Joseph Stiglitz-style distributional concerns. He worked on pension reform designs connected to World Bank pension papers and labor informality analyses that referenced studies from International Labour Organization and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Levy authored and edited books and reports published by the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and academic presses; notable works examine poverty measurement, redistribution, and fiscal policy. His titles address conditional cash transfers, tax-and-transfer systems, and pension reform with empirical case studies from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, and Costa Rica. He contributed chapters alongside scholars from Harvard University Press volumes and policy briefs circulated by Brookings Institution and Center for Global Development. Levy's articles appeared in journals linked to Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press collections dealing with Latin American Studies, public finance, and social protection reform.
Levy received recognition from academic and policy institutions including honors conferred by Mexican universities such as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, awards from international bodies like the World Bank's internal research prizes, and invitations to deliver lectures at forums including the United Nations General Assembly-side events, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean conferences, and seminars at London School of Economics. He has been a member of advisory panels for organizations such as the G20 policy working groups, the United Nations Children's Fund technical advisory groups, and regional bodies convened by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Category:Mexican economists Category:Social policy researchers