Forty-first session of ECLAC

Oscar Valencia is the Regional Economic Advisor for Mexico, Central America, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He previously served as Principal Economist in the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division, where he led FISLAC, the Fiscal Sustainability Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Prior to joining the IDB, he was General Director of Macroeconomic Policy at Colombia’s Ministry of Finance. He has also worked as a researcher at Colombia’s Central Bank, the National Planning Department, and the IDB’s Research Department.

His research focuses on fiscal policy, macroeconomic stability, and public finance in emerging economies. He has published in leading academic journals on fiscal rules, debt sustainability, and macroeconomic policy.

He holds a Ph.D. (with honors) and a Master’s degree in Mathematical Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics, and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (with honors) in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.