The “Towards Sustainable Growth” research group aims to share and discuss the latest and most innovative developments in macro-development, seeking to understand the root causes and consequences of economic disparities and development both within and across countries.

WELAC stands for Women in Economic in LAC.  Like its sister organizations CSWEP in the US (for the AEA) and WinE in Europe (EEA), WELAC is standing committee of LACEA.  Its goals are to promote the careers of female economists and monitor the status of women in the profession.

This research group aims at studying two critical social problems faced by the developing world: crime and conflict.

Development is a long run and global process. History, the present and the future are at the center of that process, the analysis of which must be tackled with historically informed development and growth theory, able to catch general laws, but also account historical specificities and the hierarchical character of international relations.

Global financial markets are in a state of flux. Since the global financial crisis many international agencies and national authorities have envisaged changes to the regulatory rules and supervisory architectures for banking and other financial institutions.

The research group on inequality promotes the study of economic, demographic, and policy changes that affect the distribution of income, consumption and wealth. We prioritize research that is based on theoretical and empirical state of art methods and, at the same time, has the objective of drawing lessons for shaping economic policy both in Latin America and the rest of the world. 

The research group on International Macroeconomics provides a forum for the study of the link between international capital markets and the less developed countries’ macroeconomics, with a focus on understanding the implications for economic policy.

The research group on Public Economics promotes the use of economic tools to study public policy issues. The group encourages diversity of approaches from different fields of economics, including but not limited to public finance, labor economics, behavioral economics and political economy.

The research group on impact evaluation is a collaboration with the Impact Evaluation Network (IEN) of the Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).

LACEA BRAIN (Behavioral Insights Network) aims to unite Latin American and Caribbean economists to promote rigorous research in behavioral and experimental economics…

The LACEA’s Health Economics network aims at bringing together economists and other social scientists in order to build a community of practice to promote quality research in health economics in LAC and contribute towards stronger health care systems.

The Political Economy Group of RIDGE/LACEA aims to promote the discussion around the connection between economics and politics that is relevant for Latin American and Caribbean economies.

The Industrial Organization research group aims to promote the use of both theoretical and empirical tools in industrial organization to study the functioning of markets, the behavior of firms and individuals in these markets, and their implications for competition policy and regulation.