Ana Abad

Ana Abad joined Harvard’s Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2024. Previously she worked at the LSE’s Growth Co-Lab, as a Research Assistant on the Tanzania project.

Before joining the Growth Lab, Ana worked as a Research Associate at the Latin America Political Economy and Globalization (LAPEG) program, a joint initiative by Georgetown Law and Universidad de Valparaiso, identifying opportunities for productive diversification, industrial policy, and green growth in Latin America, in the context of a shifting international economic law landscape.

She has also collaborated on projects with the Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, contributing to research on Mexico’s macroeconomic and political economy landscape, and was a Latin America Associate at the political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group, advising corporate and financial clients on issues related to the region’s political economy including fiscal and trade policies and structural reforms.

Ana obtained a BA in Economics and International Affairs from The George Washington University, and a Master of Public Administration from the London School of Economics. Her research interests include regional development, green growth, trade and industrial policy, social policy, and capacity-building.