Andres Zambrano is a Senior Economist at the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank. Before, he was an Associate Professor of the Department of Economics at Universidad de los Andes, and Senior Advisor of the Technical Committee of the Colombian Fiscal Rule. He was also a Visiting Associate Professor at Hong Kong University during 2019. His research interests are in the fields of Economic Development and Public Finance. He has studied the response of households to economic shocks, its consequences, and public policies aimed at smoothing such consequences. He is currently working on innovation and development. He holds a Ph.D and M.A. in Economics from UCLA; and an M.A. and B.A. in Economics from Universidad del Rosario.
