El Salvador

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Ricardo Córdova

R. Cordova

    • Ricardo Cordova is a sociologist from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently the executive Director of Fundaungo. His areas of interest are: democratic theory; peace processes; parties, elections and electoral reforms; political culture; violence prevention and citizen security; decentralization and local government; demographic changes and their impact on public policy; and social protection systems.

Werner Peña

Werner Pena2

    • Werner Peña has worked as a consultant for the IDB, ILO and ECLAC. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kent (UK) and a master’s degree in development economics from the University of Manchester (UK). His recent publications include:
      • The Dynamics of Labour Market Polarization in Chile: An Analysis of the Link Between Technical Change and Informality. (Co-authored with Isaure Delaporte). Conditionally accepted at World Development. (2024).
      • The Distributional Consequences of Social Distancing on Poverty and Labour Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of Population Economics 34, pages1385–1443 (2021). (Co-authored with Isaure Delaporte and Julia Escobar).
      • Population Aging and Public Finances: Evidence from El Salvador, Journal of the Economics of Ageing Volume 17, October 2020, 100260, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100260

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