Inter-American Development Bank Author

THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) is an international institution created in 1959 to foster economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB is the main source of multilateral financing and expertise for sustainable economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cesar P. Bouillonis a lead research economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC. A native of Peru, he received a doctorate in economics from Georgetown University. His research focuses on development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean countries. Recently he has been working in topics related to housing, land markets and poverty, social mobility, early childhood development, remittances and poverty, multidimensional poverty measurement, poverty reduction program design, evaluation and targeting, among others.