Federico Bennett

Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist in the Middle East and North Africa region at the World Bank

Federico Bennett is an Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist in the Middle East and North Africa region at the World Bank, a position he assumed in January, 2023. An Argentine national, he previously worked as a Research Analyst in the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean where he assisted in the production of a flagship report on regional integration and co-authored multiple semiannual reports. Prior to this, Federico was a Research Fellow at the Integration and Trade sector at the Inter-American Development Bank where he worked with micro-data to evaluate the impact of trade facilitation policies in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. He also has experience working in management consulting. Federico completed a PhD in economics at Duke University, having specialized in the macroeconomic effects of Knightian uncertainty. He also holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Duke University and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires. Federico’s research has been published in peer reviewed journals, including the Journal of International Economics, on topics related to international trade and macroprudential policy.