EDUCATION

ISIDRO SOLOAGA Universidad lberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico

Email: isidro.soloaga @ibero.mx April, 2018

Ph.D. Agricultural and Resources Economics , University of Maryland -College Park, USA, 2000. Lie. en Economia , Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Argentina. 1984.

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Professor-Researcher , Department of Economics , Universidad lberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico (since June 2012)

• Chairperson: Ibero 's endowed Chair "Territorial Dynamics and Wellbeing" www.territorioybienestar.mx (since 2015)

• Team Leader , Center for Rural Development (RlMISP)'s project Transforming Territories (since 2015) • Director (founder) , "SobreMexico.Topics in Economics" , a Mexican peer-refereed electronic-journal on

apply economics (since 2015) www.sobremexico.mx . • Chairperson: Grupo de Dialogo Rural-Mexico (IFAD-RlMISP-CEPAL-IBERO , since May 2018)

(http://rimisp.org /proyecto/j ovenes rural es) • System of National Researchers (SNI)- Currently Level II (since 2010)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS • Professor, Center for Economic Studies-El Colegio de Mexico (June 2007-May 2012) • Coordinator of Graduate Studies- Center for Economic Studies-El Colegio de Mexico (July 2010-

February 2012) • Academic Coordinator and Principal Author- UNDP' s First Regional Human Development Report for

Latin America and the Caribbean (May 2007-December 2010) http ://hdr.undp.org /sites/default/files/rhdr-2010-rblac.pdf

• Professor, Economics Department-Universidad de las Americas , Puebla (January 2002-May 2007) • Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Economics Department-Universidad de las Americas , Puebla (January

2003-May 2006) • Director- Center for Research in Economics and Public Policies (CIEPP)- Universidad de las Americas ,

Puebla (June 2006-May 2007) • Team Leader , FAO ' s Project. Roles of Agriculture: poverty , safety nets , buffer in times of crises ,

environmental, culture. March 2002-Feb 2004. http://www.fao .org/es/ESA/Roa/ROA-e /case studies­e .htm

• Long Term Consultant ,World Bank, Washington DC- Development Research Group (January 1994-December 2001)

• Short Term Consultant , World Bank, Washington DC- Development Research Group (April 1990-July 1990)

• Senior Economist , PIEL (Fundaci6n de Investigaciones Econ6micas Latinoamericanas , an Argentine Think Tank in Economics). (June 1986-March 1990).

• Coordinator of Economic Studies. M.Broda , J.C.dePablo and Asoc. (April 1984-May 1986)

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES • Chairperson and Treasurer , Network oflnequality and Poverty (NIP)-LACEA (2013-2015) • Chairperson , Network of Inequality and Poverty-Mexican Chapter (since 2007) • Member , Academic Advisory Board-Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias (CEEY) (since 2012)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development Economics , Applied Econometrics, Poverty and Inequality, International Trade and Poverty,

Migration and Labor Economics, Regional Economics.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

"Small and medium cities and development of Mexican rural areas". World Development 107. 2018. Co­authored with Julio Berdegue.

"Local poverty reduction in Chile and Mexico: the role of food manufacturing growth". Food Policy 68. 2017. 160-185. Co-authored with Chiara Cazuffi and Mariana Pereira-Lopez. Elsevier.

"Cities, Territories, and Inclusive Growth: Unraveling Urban-Rural Linkages in Chile , Colombia, and Mexico". World Development Volume 73, September 2015 , Pages 56-71. Co-authored with Julio A Berdegue , Fernando Carriazo , Benjamin Jara , and Felix Modrego

"External returns to higher education in Mexico 2000-20 IO". Ensayos Revista de Economia-Volumen XXXIV , No. I, May 2015 , pp. 1-34. Co-authored with Mariana Pereira-Lopez

iop: Estimating ex-ante inequality of opportunity. 2014. The Stata Journal. Co-authored with Florian W endelspies.

"Social Capital and development in Latin America: an introduction " 2014 in Well being and Public Policy.Journal published by the lnteramerican Conference of Social Security CISS. Co-authored with Patricia Lopez Rodriguez as Invited Editors for this issue. (in Spanish and English). ISSN: 1870-2953

"Evaluation of the training for the unemployed in Mexico: learning by comparing methods" 2013. Politicas Publicas. EGAP. Tecnologico de Monterrey. Mexico. Co-authored with Samuel Freije and Marcelo Delajara.

"El efecto de China en el Comercio Internacional de America Latina", Estudios de Economia Volumen 38. No2. Diciembre 2011. pp. 341-368. Chile, Co-authored with Mariana Pereira and Claudio Montenegro.

''Nafta's impact on third countries. Recent evidence with a gravity model approach.", Estudios de Economia Volumen 33. Nol. Junio 2006. pp. 45-63. Chile, Co-authored with Claudio Montenegro.

"Assessing the Vulnerability of Agricultural Households to Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from Mexico" The Electronic Journal Of Agricultural and Development Economics Vol I 2004 , Issue I http ://www.fao.org/es/esa/ejade/vol 1/mexico en.htm. Co-authored with Gloria Rubio. pp. 45-62

"The Region as a Platform to the World? The Case of Mercosur". Cuadernos de Economia. Latin American Journal a/Economics. December 2003. Afio 40, # 121, pp 442-451. Co-authored with Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga.

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"Trade Reform and Poverty. The Case of Mexico" . The World Economy. July 2002. Published also as a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (# 2667, August 2001). Co-authored with Elena Ianchovichina and Alessandro Nicita.

"A Firm's-Eye View of Commercial Policy and Fiscal Reforms in Cameroon. The World Bank Economic Review, Vol 16, No.3., 2002. Published also as a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper(# 2442, September 2000). Co-authored with Bernard Gauthier and Jim Tybout

"Regionalism in the Nineties: What effect on Trade?" . North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2001. Published also as CEPR Discussion Paper Series( # 2183, June 1999) and as a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper(# 2156, August 1999). Co-authored with L. Alan Winters

"Vintage Technology and Skill Constraints. Evidence from US Exports of New and Used Machines " . World Bank Economic Review. 2000. Vol. 14, Number 1:91-109. Published also as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper.# 1923 Co-authored with Giorgio Barba-Navaretti and Wendy Tackas.

"Endogenous Tariff Formation: the case of Mercosur." 1998. World Bank Economic Review. Vol 12, Number 2:297-320 . Co-authored with Marcelo Olarreaga.

"Bargains Rejected? Developing Country Trade Policy on Used Equipment " Labour vl2 n2 Summer 1998, pp. 353-62. (Co-authored with Giorgio Barba-Navaretti and Wendy Takacs).

Books and International Reports

Politica Social y Bienestar. Mexico desde el ano 2000. Rodolfo de la Torre , Eduardo Rodriguez-Oreggia e Isidro Soloaga (Coordinadores) . Serie Coyuntura y Ensayo. CIDE-IBERO. 2018. Ciudad de Mexico. ISBN: 978-607-8508-26-6 (in Spanish)

Poverty, Inequality and Social Mobility Traps: Chile, Mexico and Colombia. T. Bebbignton , Javier Escobal, Isidro Soloaga y Andres Tomaselli (Editores) , CEEY-IBERO-RIMISP. 2017. English version. ISBN :978-607-8036-46-2

Trampas de pobreza, desigualdad y baja movilidad social. Los casos de Chile, Mexico y Colombia Bebbington , Javier Escobal , Isidro Soloaga & Andres Tomaselli (eds). CEEY-IBERO-RIMISP 2017. Spanish version. ISBN:978-607-8036-45-5

Capital social y politica publica en Mexico. Co-Editor (jointly with Patricia Rodriguez). 2012. Publisher: El Colegio de Mexico. Mexico DF. ISBN 978-607-462-377-2

First Regional Human Development Report UNDP: Acting on the future: breaking the intergenerational transmission of inequality. PNUD. Nueva York, USA. September 2010. Translated from Primer Informe Regional de Desarrollo Humana PNUD: Actuar sobre el Futuro: romper la transmisi6n intergeneracional de la desigualdad. PNUD. Costa Rica. Julio 2010. www.idhalc-actuarsobreelfuturo.org. Main author, jointly with Luis Felipe Lopez Calva

Sabre Mexico: temas actuales de politica econ6mica. Editor. 2009. Publisher: Universidad Popular Aut6noma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP). ISBN 978-607-951186-0-8

Politicas Publicas para el Crecimiento y Desarrollo. Co-editor with S.Ortega Venzor , J.L.Paz Vega, R.Nufiez Gonzalez and V. Carreon. Ed. Porrua. 2006

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Efectos Micro- econ6micos de las Controles de Precios en Argentina. 1989. Editorial Manantial. Buenos Aires. Argentina. (Co-authored with Jorge Bogo, in Spanish).

El Fracaso del Estatismo 1986. Editorial Manantial. Buenos Aires. Argentina. (Co-authored with FIEL's staff, in Spanish).

Chapters in Books "La Politicas Publica en Mexico" , 2018. Co-authored with Eduardo Rodriguez-Oreggia and Rodolfo de

la Torre. Introductory chapter in R. de la Torre , E. Rodriguez-Oreggia and I. Soloaga (Editors) Politica Social y Bienestar. Mexico desde el ano 2000. IBERO-CIDE . Mexico DF.

"Evaluaci6n de la dinamica de la pobreza y de la vulnerabilidad de los ingresos en Mexico durante el periodo 2006-2010" , 2018. Co-authored with Gerardo Franco and Victor Hugo Perez. Chapter 2 in R . de la Torre, E. Rodriguez-Oreggia and I. Soloaga (Editors) Politica Social y Bienestar. Mexico desde el ano 2000. IBERO-CIDE . Mexico DF .

"Tram pas territorial es de pobreza y desigualdad-Sintesis de resultados." pp. 13-56. In Bebbington A. , Escobal J. , Soloaga I. and Tomaselli , A.: Trampas territoriales de pobreza , desigualdad y baja movilidad social: Los casos de Chile, Mexico y Peru. 2017. ISBN:978-607-8036-45-5

"Trampas territoriales de pobreza y desigualdad en Mexico: 1990-2000-2010." pp. 167-230. In Bebbington A. , Escobal J., Soloaga I. and Tomaselli , A. : Trampas territoriales de pobreza, desigualdad y baja movilidad social: Los casos de Chile, Mexico y Peru. 2017. ISBN 978-607-8036-45-5

"Restricciones y Trampas al Crecimiento Territorial. Los Municipios de Santa Isabel Cholula y de Tianguismanalco en el Estado de Puebla ." pp. 230-266. In Bebbington A. , Escobal J. , Soloaga I. and Tomaselli , A.: Trampas territoriales de pobreza, desigualdad y baja movilidad social: Los casos de Chile, Mexico y Peru. 2017. ISBN 978-607-8036-45-5

"Territorial Poverty Traps and Inequality-A Summary of the Findings." pp. 13-55. In Bebbington A. , Escobal J., Soloaga I. and Tomaselli , A.: Poverty, Inequality and low Social Mobility Traps: The Case a/Chile, Mexico and Peru. 2017. ISBN 978-607-8036-45-5

"Poverty and Inequality Traps in Mexico 1990-2000-2010." pp. 168-231. In Bebbington A., Escobal J. , Soloaga I. and Tomaselli , A.: Poverty, Inequality and low Social Mobility Traps: The Case of Chile, Mexico and Peru. 2017. ISBN: 978-607-8036-46-2

"Constraints and Traps Affecting Territorial Growth: Municipalities of Santa Isabel Cholula and Tianguismanalco in the state of Puebla , Mexico." pp. 232-267. In Bebbington A. , Escobal J. , Soloaga I. and Tomaselli , A.: Poverty, Inequality and low Social Mobility Traps: The Case of Chile, Mexico and Peru. 2017. ISBN: 978-607-8036-46-2

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"Policy responses to the 2007-2008 food price swing and the impact on domestic prices: the case of Mexico" 2014 , in E. Krivonos and D. Dawe Policy reaction to high food prices in Latin America and the Caribbean. PAO-Rome. http ://www .fao .org /3/a-i3909e .pdf

"Iop-estimar desigualdad de oportunidades cuando el indicador es binario", 2013 , in Alfonso Mendoza (Ed) Aplicaciones en Economia y Ciencias Sociales con Stata. Stata Press Books. StataCorp Lp. Co-authored with Florian Wendelspiess. Available at http ://econpapers .repec.org/bookchap/tsj spchap/aecss-0 l .htm

Ingreso , vulnerabilidad y pobreza cr6nica. Co-autorado con Victor Hugo Perez Hernandez. En: Pobreza y Desigualdad: un enfoque multidisciplinario ". 2014. Pablo Cotler (coord.). Universidad Iberoamericana.

"Movilidad lDe Que?" Pr6logo en: Movilidad Social en Mexico. Constantes de la Desigualdad. 2012. R .M Campos Vazquez , J.E. Huerta Wong y R. Velez Grajales (eds). Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias.

"Internal Migration and Human Development: The Case of Mexico" 2012, in Alfredo Cuecuecha and Carla Pederzini (Eds) Migration and Remittances from Mexico Trends, Impacts, and New Challenges Lexington Books- New York. ISBN 978-0-7391-6979-7. Co-authored with Gabriel Lara.

"El Capital Social como una fuerza en la politica social", Co-authored with Patricia Rodriguez. Chapter 1 in Sabre Mexico: El capital social y la politica publica (Patricia Rodriguez and Isidro Soloaga, Eds). 2012. Publisher: El Colegio de Mexico. Mexico DF.

"Determinantes de la migraci6n interestatal en Mexico: 1995-2000 y 2000-2005." Antonio Yunez (Ed.) Los Grandes Problemas de Mexico. Torno X. Economia Rural. El Colegio de Mexico. 2010. Co-authored with Gabril Lara and Florian Wendelspiess.

"Lo que no se ve tambien importa: aspiraciones y capacidad de agencia como elementos del desarrollo humano". En: La Medici6n del Progreso y del Bienestar. Propuestas para America Latina. 2011. Mariano Rojas (Coordinador). Foro Consultivo , Cientifico y Tecnol6gico. CONACYT. 2011

"Desigualdad de oportunidades: El caso de Mexico." In Movilidad social en Mexico. 2010. Enrique Cardenas and Florencia Torche (Editors). Fundaci6n Espinosa Yglesias. Mexico.

"Temas actuales de la politica econ6mica mexicana". in Isidro Soloaga (Editor) Sabre Mexico: temas actuales de politica econ6mica. 2009. UPAEP. Mexico. ISBN 978-607-951186-0-8

"Mexico", in Kym Anderson and Alberto Valdes (Editors) Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Latin America. 2008. The World Bank. Washington DC. USA. ISBN: 978-0-8213-7513-6

"The Growth of China and India in World Markets: Opportunity or Threat for Latin American and the Caribbean? (Co-authored with D. Lederman and M. Olarreaga). in China's and India's challenge to Latin America. Opportunity or Treath?. Office of the Chief Economist. The World Bank. Stanford University Press. 2007.

"Growth and Poverty. The case of Mexico. " in Beyond Food Production: The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction. Bresciani F. and A. Valdes (Eds.). FAO. Rome. 2007.ISBN:978-1-84720-075-4. Co-authored with Mario Torres.

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"Cambodia. " in Global Trade and Poor Nations The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization. B.Hoeckman and M. Olarreaga, (Eds.) Brookings Institution Press and the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and Sciences-Po, Paris. 2007. An earlier version 1s available at http ://www.ycsg.yale .edu/focus/povertyimpact.html ISBN:-13 :978-0-815 7-3671-4

"Bolivia." in Global Trade and Poor Nations The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization. B.Hoeckman and M. Olarreaga, (Eds.) Brookings Institution Press and the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and Sciences-Po, Paris . 2007. An earlier version is available at http ://www.ycsg.yale.edu /focus/povertyimpact.html ISBN:-13:978-0-8157-3671-4. Co-authored with Gabriel Lara

''Nicaragua." in Global Trade and Poor Nations The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization B.Hoeckman and M. Olarreaga, (Eds.) Brookings Institution Press and the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and Sciences-Po, Paris. 2007. An earlier version is available at http ://www.ycsg.yale.edu /focus/povertyimpact.html ISBN:-13:978-0-8157-3671-4. Co-authored with Ania I. Gomez.

"Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data", in Global Integration & Technology Transfer. B. Hoeckman and B. Smarzynska, Eds. Palgrave Macmillan and The World Bank. 2006. Also World Bank Policy Research Working Paper# 2759. ISBN-10:0-8213-6125-2. Co-authored with Aart Kraay and James Tybout.

"The Knowledge-Content of Machines: North-South Trade and Technology Diffusion" in Hoeckman and Smarzynska, Eds. Global Integration & Technology Transfer. Palgrave Macmillan and World Bank. 2006 ISBN-10:0-8213-6125-2. Co-authored with Giogio Barba-Navaretti and Maurice Schiff.

"Trade and Poverty. The case of Cambodia", in Testing Global Interdependence Edited by Ernest Aryeetey, Natalia Dinello (eds.): GDN Series, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-84542-878-5

"El Diseiio de Politicas Publicas", in Politicas Publicas para el Crecimiento y Desarrollo. S.Ortega Venzor , J.L.Paz Vega, R.Nuiiez Gonzalez, I. Soloaga and V. Carreon (Eds.) Ed. Porrua. 2006. pp 3-40 ISBN: 970-07-7050-8. Co-authored with Victor Carreon.

"Trade Facilitation Reform and International Trade. The Case of Mexico", in Politicas Publicas para el Crecimiento y Desarrollo. S.Ortega Venzor , J.L.Paz Vega, R.Nuiiez Gonzalez, I. Soloaga and V. Carreon. Ed. Porrua. 2006. pp 133-152 ISBN: 970-07-7050-8. Co-authored with John S. Wilson and Alejandro Mejia.

"Evaluacion de Impacto de Proyectos Impulsados por el Centro de Desarrollo Regional de la Universidad de las Americas , Puebla". In Desarrollo de una Metodologia para la Promoci6n de Proyectos de Extension y Vinculaci6n Universitaria con Impacto Econ6mico y Social. O.Lazcano and G. Barrientos (Eds.) Editorial Universidad de las Americas , Puebla. Puebla. Mexico . 2006. ISBN: 968-6254-74-9. Co-authored with Aniel Altamirano.

"Regionalism and trade", in Aspects of Globalization, Regionalization and Business , ISBN: 960-88331-4-0 , Edited by I.D. Salavrakos, A TINER, Greece. 2004.

"Endogenous Tariff Formation: the case of Mercosur.", Ch.29, Part II, in Regional Trading Arrangements Edited By Sir Hans Singer, Neelambar Hatti And Rameshwar Tandon. Delhi, B.R., 2003, ISBN 81-7646-372-8. Co­authored with Marcelo Olarreaga.

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"Regionalism and the Article XXIV", Chapter 10 in La Nueva Agenda del Comercio en la OMC. M. Olarreaga and R. Rocha, Eds. Centro Editorial Universidad del Rosario. Bogota. Colombia. July 2000. Co-authored with Marcelo Olarreaga.

Non peer-refereed articles

"Hacia una nueva politicas social para America Latina". En: RUBRICAS, Otofio-Invierno 2011. Pag.40-48. Universidad Iberoamericana

"Las limitaciones de las Politicas Agricolas de la Ultima Decada". En: "Sexenio en Perspectiva. Analisis Academico del gobiemo de Felipe Calderon". 2012. Direcci6n de Comunicaci6n Institucional. Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla.

"Crecimiento Regional de la Industria Manufacturera Mexicana: 1988-2008. 2012. Boletin Informativo Techint 338. Buenos Aires- Argentina ISSN: .0497-0292.

Articles in the newspaper El Financiero. 2015 Sohre la (i)relevancia del salario minimo 2014 La crisis de representaci6n y la necesidad de un interfaz. 2013 El sindrome de la estela de luz. La tirania de la economia politica 2012 El Nuevo gobiemo y el precio de los alimentos La politica social del Nuevo gobiemo.

Blog in LACEA A tale of only one Mexico. Mayo 2014. Disponible en http ://vox.lacea .org/ ?q=content /tale-only-one­

mex1co

Co-host: Radio Ibero 90.9's. Zigma Economia , one-hour per week , Spring and Autumn , 2014-2016 Gointly with Pablo Cotler)

OTHER ACTIVITIES •!• Organizing Committee's Chair , "SobreMexico: Annual Meetings on Economics and Public Policy" (2014 ,

2015, 2016 , 2017 and 2018). Flag-ship ofIBERO's Department of Economics research activities. •!• Member of the Research Council of Universidad de las Americas, Puebla: January -May 2007. •!• Co-Chairman: Segundo Coloquio de Economia Sob re Mexico , at UDLAP: April 2007 •!• Chairman: 6th Meetings of Lacea ' s Regional Integration Network (RlN) , at UDLAP: January 2007 •!• Co-Organizer: Primer Coloquio de Economia Sob re Mexico , at UDLAP: April 2006 •!• Co-Organizer: 8th Annual Meetings of Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association

(LACEA) at UDLAP: October 2003

MEMBERSHIPS

Latin American and the Caribbean Economist Association LA CEA

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Econometric Society International Association of Agricultural Economists International Association of Researchers in Income and Wealth

REFEREE American Journal of Agricultural Economics-1999 American Economic Review-2004 Review of International Economics-2005 Journal oflnternational Economics--2006 Economie Internationale--2007 El Trimestre Econ6mico-2007 , 2008 , 2011 Bienestar y Politica Social-2007 Estudios Economicos-2009-2011

EVALUATOR Conacyt: 2004, 2005 , 2009-2012 Pieran Colmex: 2004-2006 , 2008 Global Development Network (GDN): 2004 , 2006 Corporaci6n Andina de Fomento (CAF). Jury , Programa de Apoyo a la Investigaci6n 2008. FAO. Jury, Primer premio anual a la Investigaci6n en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional en America Latina y el Caribe-2007

OTHER SKILLS Languages: Spanish (native) , English (full proficiency) , Italian (reading and comprehension) Statistical Packages: STATA, SAS, SPSS, GAUSS, ArcGIS , QGIS, GEODA. Sommelier: working knowledge.

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