PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Columbia University in New York, Jerome and Matthew Grossman Professor of
Development Economics, 2008-present. Professor of Economics, 1996-2008.
World Economic Forum (Davos), Co-editor of the Global Competitiveness Report,
2008, Chief Economic Advisor 2006-present, author of the Global Competitiveness
Index (used by the WEF in its Global Competitiveness Report since 2004) and Trustee for the Global Agenda on Economic Growth and Social Inclusion (2015-present). Forum fellow since 2001
UMBELE Foundation, a Non-Profit and Non-Government Organization dedicated to
help citizens of Africa (
www.umbele.org), President and Founder, 2004- present
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, MA. Research Associate,
1991-present.
Fundació Catalunya Oberta. Patron, 2000-present
Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Professor Visitant, summers 1994- present
Past Positions
Futbol Club Barcelona 2004-2010, Treasurer and member of the board of directors.
Formerly, president of the “Comissió Econòmica Estatutària” (Managament and
Statutory Commission), and president of the Club during the electoral process, July-
August 2006.
Telefonica, Member of the Catalunya Board, 2004-2016
International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., Consultant, 1993-2007
The World Bank, Consultant, 1996-1998 and 2001
UNESPA (Spanish Association of Insurance Companies), Member of the Advisory Commmittee on Social Security Reform,
2008-2010
Harvard University, Visiting Professor of Economics, 2003-2004.
Yale University, Department of Economics. Associate Professor, 1993-1996 (previously
Assistant Professor from 1990 to 1993).
Center for European Policy Research (CEPR), London, UK. Research Fellow.
1992-2004.
Societat Econòmica Barcelonesa d’Amics del País, President of the Economic
Commission, 2005 – 2007
Linguamón – Casa de les Llengües, member of the Scientific Council, 2006-2010
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, May 1990.
Thesis: "On Growth and States".
Master of Arts, Harvard University, June 1987.
Lisensiao Ciencias Económicas, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, June 1985.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2016 TV Zapping Award for "Economia en Colors" (my TV Show in TV3 Catalunya) "for its innovative, accessible and user-friendly approach to communicating the reality of Economics and Business".
Professor Honoris Causa (Profesor Honorario), Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. 2015.
XXI Premi Nacional Lluis Companys, 2015
Babson College's Carpenter Prize, 2011
Premi del Consell Social de la UPF a la qualitat en la docència, curs 2009-2010
Lenfest Award to a Distinguished Columbia Faculty, 2006
Premio Reflexiones to the best article related to health issues published in the popular press (organized by Sanitaria 2000 and Astra Zeneca Foundation). The winning article is called “Limitar Nuestra Libertad” and was published in La Vanguardia.2006
Honorary Professorship at Remnin University in Beijing (China), 2005
Premi Internacional Terres de Girona (International Prize “Land of Girona”) to the best NGO initiative of 2004 (for the creation of the Umbele Foundation: A Future for Africa). 2005.
Honorary Professorship at Central University of Beijing (China), 2005.
AztraZeneca-StoraEnso Lecture, Stockholm Sweden. 2005
Premio Juan Carlos I de Economía. This bi-annual prize is awarded by the Bank of Spain to the best economist in Spain and Latin America. 2004
National Science Foundation Grant, Washington, D.C. 2004
Conde de Godó Prize of Journalism (“Premio Conde de Godó de periodismo”). This prize rewards the best op-ed published in any Spanish Newspaper over the previous year.2003
Prize Banco Herrero to the best Spanish Economist under 40. 2002
Economics Person of the Year awarded by CECOT, an Association of Small Business in Barcelona, to the person who, in their judgement, contributed the most to the Economics and Business Environment during the previous year, October 2001. 2001
Kenneth J. Arrow Award awarded by the International Health Economics Organization at the American Economic Association Meetings in New Orleans, January 5th, 2000.
Distinguished Teacher in Graduate Economics, Columbia Economics Department, New York, NY, December 1999.
Elected one of the “Top 100 Most Promissing Spanish Citizens for the 21st Century” (selected by the newspaper El Pais, Madrid, 1999)
Distinguished Teacher in Graduate Economics, Columbia Economics Department, New York, NY, December 1998.
King Juan Carlos I Prize for outstanding researchers under the age of 40 in the Humanities and Social Sciences (“Premio Rey Juan Carlos I de Humanidades e Investigación Científico Social para Investigadores Jóvenes”). Madrid, Spain, January 1998.
National Science Foundation Grant, 1997-2001. Washington, D.C.
DGCIT Grant, 1998-2000, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Iberdrola Grant. Madrid, Spain, 1996, 1997.
National Science Foundation Grant, 1993-1996. Washington, D.C.
Lee Hixon’s Prize for Teaching Excellence, Yale College, New Haven, CT, 1995.
DGCIT Grant, 1994-1997, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Institute of Policy Research, Washington, DC. Junior Research Fellow. 1993-1995.
Distinguished Teacher in Graduate Economics, Yale Economics Department, New Haven, CT, December 1992.
Instituto de Estudios Fiscales Grant, 1992, Madrid, Spain.
Institute for Policy Reform Junior Fellowship, 1992, Washington, DC.
European Fund for Regional Development (FEDER) Grant, 1992, Brussels, Europe.
Yale Social Science Research Fellowship 1991, 1992, New Haven, CT.
National Science Foundation Grant, 1990-1993, Washington, DC.
Banco de Vizcaya-Bilbao Grant, 1991, Barcelona.
Instituto de Estudios Fiscales Grant, 1989-90, Madrid, Spain.
Banco Exterior de España Fellowship 1987-88, Madrid, Spain.
Fulbright Fellow 1985-87, La Caixa (Barcelona) and Fulbright Foundation, New York, NY.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
In English
“Global Competitiveness Report 2016-17”, Co-editor, 2016. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2016.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2015-16”, Co-editor, 2014. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2015.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15”, Co-editor, 2014. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2014.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14”, Co-editor, 2013. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2013.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2012-13”, Co-editor, 2012. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2012.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12”, Co-editor, 2011. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2011.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2010-11”, Co-editor, 2010. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2010.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2009-10”, Co-editor, 2009. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2009.
“Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09”, Co-editor, 2008. Contributor in leading chapter and author of the Global Competitiveness Index, 2008.
Economic Growth, Second Edition, MIT Press, 2004. Translated to Russian, Spanish,
French (by McGraw Hill), German (by Oldenbourg), Japanese, and Chinese.
“Economic Growth”. A Graduate Textbook on Economic Growth (joint with Robert
Barro) McGraw Hill, 1995.
In Other Languages
"Economia en Colores" (ed. Rosa dels Vents, 2016 in Spanish)
"Economia en Colors" (Ed. Rosa dels Vents, 2015, in Catalan)
"La Hora del Adiós" (2015, in Spanish)
"És l'hora dels adéus?", Ed. Rosa dels Vents, 2014
Diálogos con Xavier Sala i Martin, editorial Planeta, 2010 (in Spanish)
Doncs jo ho Veig Així, Random House Mondadori, 2010 (in Catalan).
Pues yo lo veo así, Random House Mondadori, 2010 (in Spanish).
Converses amb Xavier Sala i Martin by Jordi Graupera (a book about my thoughts
written by a journalist), Edicions Dau, November 2007
Economia Liberal per a No Economistes i No Liberals”, Editorial Enciclopèdia Catalana,
Barcelona. May 2001 (in Catalan). Currently in its 7th edition.
“Economia Liberal para No Economistas y no Liberales, Editorial Plaza y Janes,
Barcelona; April 2002 (in Spanish).
Apuntes de Crecimiento Ecónomico, Antoni Bosch Editor, Barcelona, 1994. 2nd Edition,
2001.
Introduccio a l'Economia, Translation into Catalan of Robert Heilbronner's and Lester
Thurow's "Economics Explained". Editorial Empúries, Barcelona. 1985.
MOVIES, TV SERIES and DOCUMENTARIES
"Economia en Colors" (A Television series of 8 Episodes on the essentials of Economics, in Catalan). Screenwriter and LEADING ROLE.
Chapter 1: On Innovation
Chapter 2: On the Wealth of Nations
Chapter 3: On Ideas
Chapter 4: On Human Capital
Chapter 5: On Money
Chapter 6: On Finance
Chapter 7: On Behavioral Economics
Chapter 8: On Development and Aid
"L'Últim Partit: 40 anys de Johan Cruyff a Catalunya" (movie on the life of Johan Cruyff), Produced by Bonita Films, Directed by Jordi Marcos. 2014. In Catalan. Supporting Actor Role.
"L'Endemà" (movie on the advantages and disadvantage of Catalan Independence). Directed by Isona Passola, 2013. In Catalan. Supporting Actor Role.
"Cataluña-Espanya" (movie documentary on the relations between Catalonia and Spain), Directed by Isona Passola, 2009. In Catalan. Supporting Actor Role.
“Las Buenas Intenciones” (in Spanish), TV Documentary on the effectiveness of Aid in Africa. Shown in TeleMadrid, December 2007. Leading Actor Role.
“Les Bones Intencions” (in Catalan), TV Documentary on the effectiveness of Aid in Africa. Shown in TV3, 200. Leading Actor Role.
“L’economista de Capçalera”, a weekly show in Barcelona’s TV3’s Divendres 2011-today. Leading Actor Role.
“E-Konomia”: over 200 short videos explaining economics issues to the layperson (in Spanish). 2012-2013
PAPERS
(1) IN ENGLISH
Lights, Camera,... Income! Estimating Poverty Using National Accounts, Survey Means, and Lights (with Maxim Pinkovskyi), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 131, Issue 2, pages 579-632. May 2016. (Previously NBER Working Paper w19831, January 2014)
“The Economic Performance of Territories”, Journal of Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, 2016.
Newer Need Not be Better: Evaluating the Penn World Tables and the World Development Indicators Using Nighttime Lights (with Maxim Pinkovskiy), NBER Wp 22.216. May 2016
“Competitive Agendas to Reignite Growth: Findings from the Global Competitive Index”, The Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, September 2016.
“Modernizing the Measurement of Drivers of Prosperity in Light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Updated Global Competitiveness Index” (with Roberto Crotti, Silja Baller, Attilio Di Battista, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Thierry Geiger, Daniel Gómez Gaviria, and Gaëlle Marti), The Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, September 2016.
"Reaching Beyond the New Normal: 3 Findings from the Global Competitiveness Index 2015–2016" (with Roberto Crotti, Attilio Di Battista, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Caroline Galvan, Thierry Geiger, and Gaëlle Marti)
"Accelerating a Robust Recovery to Create Productive Jobs and Support Inclusive Growth", (with Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Attilio Di Batista, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Thierry Geiger, and Caroline Galvan), World Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, September 2014
“Africa is on Time” (with Maxim Pinkovskiy), Journal of Economic Growth (2014), 19:331-338. June 2014 (previously working paper, October 2013).
"Sustaining Growth, Building Resiliance: The GCI 2013-2014” (with Beñat Bilbao,
Jennifer Blanque, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Thierry Geiger, and Caroline Ko), Global
Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, October 2013.
“Did the great recession increase global income inequality?” with Maxim Pinkovskiy,
March 2013.
“Strengthening Recovery by Raising Productivity” (joint with Benat Bilbao-Osorio,
Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek, Thierry Geiger) Global Competitiveness Report of
the World Economic Forum, October 2012.
“Setting the Foundations for Strong Productivity” (joint with Benat Bilbao-Osorio,
Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek, Thierry Geiger) Global Competitiveness Report of
the World Economic Forum, October 2011.
“African Poverty is Falling… Faster than You Think” (Joint with Maxim Pinkovskiy), NBER Working Paper, 2010.
“Social Security and Democracy” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 18 (joint with Ricard Gil and Casey Mulligan), January 2010.
“The Global Competitiveness Index 2010-2011: Looking behind the Global Economic Crisis (joint with Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek, Thierry Geiger, Irene Mia) Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, October 2009.
“Parametric Estimations of the World Distribution of Income” (Joint with Maxim Pinkovskiy),NBER Working Paper 15433, October 2009.
“The Global Competitiveness Index 2009-2010: Contributing to Long-Term prosperity amid the Global Economic Crisis (joint with Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek, Thierry Geiger, Irene Mia) Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, October 2009.
“Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria (with Arvind Subramanian), Economic Policy Options for a Prosperous Nigeria, pp 61-92, Paol Collier ed., 2008. Formerly, NBER Working Paper 9804.
“Measuring the Productive Potential of Nations” (with Jennifer Blanke, Margareta Drzeniek, Thierry Geiger, Irene Mia, and Fiona Paua), Global Competitiveness Review of the World Economic Forum, October 2007.
“Global Inequality Fades as the Global Economy Grows”¸ in 2007 Index of Economic Freedom of the Heritage Foundation.
“The World Distribution of Income: Estimated from Individual Country Distributions”. Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2006.
“Why are the Critics so Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?: Comment”, in Ann Harrison Ed. Globalization and Poverty, NBER 2006
“We are the Present”, Bank of Spain. Acceptance speech for the King Juan Carlos I Prize of Economics. 2005.
"Determinants of Long-Term Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach” (with Gernot Doppelhofer and Ronald Miller), American Economic Review, September 2004.
“The Global Competitiveness Index” (with Elsa V. Artadi), Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, 2004.
“Democracy and the Public Sector: the BTE Approach”, Mimeo Columbia University, (with Casey Mulligan and Ricard Gil), Journal of Economics Perspectives, Winter 2004.
"The Growth Competitiveness Index: Analyzing Key Underpinnings of Economic Growth", (with Jennifer Blanke and Fiona Paua), Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, 2003.
“The Economic Tragedy of the XXth Century: Growth in Africa” (with Elsa V. Artadi), forthcoming African Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum 2003.
“Social Security in Theory and Practice: Facts" (with Casey Mulligan), Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, Berkeley Electronic Journal, 2003.
"Political and Economic Forces Sustaining Social Security" (with Casey Mulligan),Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, Berkeley Electronic Journal, 2003.
“Economic Growth and Investment in the Arab World”, Arab Competitiveness Reportpublished by the World Economic Forum, September 2002.
“Poor People are Unhealthy People...and Viceversa”, proceedings of the International Meeting of Health Economics, Paris 2002.
“The Myth of Exploding Income Inequality in Europe and the World”, in Europe and Globalization , edited by Palgrave McMillan, London. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, June 2002
“15 Years of Growth Economics: What Have we Learnt?", in The Challenges of Economic Growth, Ed. Norman Loaiza, Central Bank of Chile, 2002
"Convergence and Divergence: Theoretical Underpinnings", Keynote Address at the East-West Conference 2001 of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Central Bank of Austria, in Vienna), September 2001.
“Measuring Aggregate Human Capital” (with Casey Mulligan), Journal of Economic Growth, September 2000.
“Gerontocracy, Retirement, and Social Security" (with Casey B. Mulligan), Revise and Resubmit at the American Economic Review. this paper was a NBER Working Paper 7117, May 1999.
“Extensive Margins and the Demand for Money at Low Interest Rates”, (with Casey Mulligan), Journal of Political Economy, Vol 108, Number 5, pp.1003-33, October 2000. This paper circulated earlier with the name “The Adoption Costs of Financial Technologies: Implications for Monetary Policy”
“Health Investment Complementarities Under Competing Risks” (with Will Dow and Thomas Philipson), American Economic Review, December 1999. This paper was awarded theKenneth J. Arrow Award by the International Health Economics Organization.
"Empirics of Economic Growth: Cross-Sectional Analysis" , Zagreb Journal of Economics,Vol. 1, n.1, pp. 103-132, 1997.
“I Just Ran Two Million Regressions”, American Economic Review, Vol. 87, n.2, pp. 178-183, 1997.
“The Optimum Quantity of Money: Theory and Evidence”, (with Casey B. Mulligan), Journal of Money Credit and Banking, November 1997.
“Transfers, Social Safety Nets, and Growth”. IMF Staff Papers, vol. 44, No 1, pp.81-102, 1997.
“Technological Diffusion, Convergence, and Growth”, (with Robert J. Barro), Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1997.
"A Positive Theory of Social Security", Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 1, n.2, June 1996, p.277-304.
“The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis”, Economic Journal, Vol. 106, n.437, July 1996, p.1019-1036.
"Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence",European Economic Review,Vol 40, June 1996, p.1325-1352.
“Too Much Government”, Barcelona Management Review, September-December 1996, #3, pp. 74-81.
"A Labor-Income-Based measure of the Aggregate Value of Human Capital" (with Casey B. Mulligan), Journal of Japan and the World Economy, May 1996.
"A Growth Model of Inflation, Tax Evasion, and Financial Repression", (with Nouriel Roubini), Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 35,#2, 275-302, April 1995.
"Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Economic Growth" (with Robert J. Barro and N. Gregory Mankiw), American Economic Review, vol. 85, #1, pp.103-115, March 1995.
“European Migration: Push and Pull, comment”, Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics, 1995. Reprinted in International Regional Science Review, (January 1996).
"Cross Sectional Regressions and the Empirics of Economic Growth", European Economic Review, April 1994.
"Transitional Dynamics in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth", (with Casey B. Mulligan), Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1993.
“U.S. Money Demand: Surprising Cross-Sectional Estimates”, (with Casey B. Mulligan),Brookings Papers of Economic Activity, 1992 II, P. 285-329.
"Regional Growth and Migration: A Japan-U.S. Comparison", (with Robert J. Barro), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, #6, 312-346, December 1992.
"Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth", (with Robert J. Barro), Review of Economic Studies, #59, p. 645-661, November 1992.
"Financial Repression and Economic Growth", (with Nouriel Roubini), Journal of Development Economics #39, p. 5-30, July 1992. (parts, but not all, of this paper appear in the NBER working paper # 3876 entitled "Financial Development, the Trade Regime and Economic Growth", October 1991.)
"Convergence", (with Robert J. Barro), Journal of Political Economy, v. 100, #21, p.223-251, April 1992.
"Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for Europe from the United States", in M. B. Canzoneri, V. Grilli and P. R. Masson editors, "Establishing a Central Bank: Issues in Europe and Lessons from the U.S.", Cambridge University Press, 1992.
"Growth, Macroeconomics, and Development: Comment", comment on Stanley Fischer's paper in O. J. Blanchard and S. Fischer editors, "1991 Macroeconomics Annual", M.I.T. press, November 1991.
"Convergence Across States and Regions", (with Robert J. Barro), Brookings Papers of Economic Activity, 1991:1, April 1991. Reprinted in A. Cukierman, Z. Hercowitz and L. Leiderman ed. "Political Economy, Growth, and Business Cycles" M.I.T. Press, 1992.
"Lecture Notes on Economic Growth (I) and (II). NBER working papers # 3563 and #3564, December 1990.
"World Real Interest Rates", (with Robert J. Barro) in O. J. Blanchard and S. Fischer editors"1990 NBER Macroeconomics Annual", M.I.T. Press, 1990.
(2) IN OTHER LANGUAGES
"La celebració prematura del PP", June 2013, at
www.wilson.cat
"Dret a Saber (2): la realitat en xifres", June 2013, at
www.wilson.cat
"Dret a Saber", June 2013, at
www.wilson.cat
"El Dividend Fiscal de la Independència", Nov 2013, at
www.wilson.cat
"El Col.lectiu Wilson", Nv 2013, at
www.wilson.cat
"Dos i dos són mil. Els efectes comercials de la independència" Nov 2012, (with Pol Antràs,
Carles, Boix, Jordi Galí, Gerard Padró-Miquel, and Jaume Ventura) at
www.wilson.cat
"Independènca i pensions: la mentida més innoble" Nov 2012 (with Pol Antràs, Carles, Boix,
Jordi Galí, Gerard Padró-Miquel, and Jaume Ventura) at
www.wilson.cat
"El Dividend Fiscal de la Independència" Nov 2012 (with Pol Antràs, Carles, Boix, Jordi
Galí, Gerard Padró-Miquel, and Jaume Ventura) at
www.wilson.cat
"Europa, Europa", Nov 2012 (with Pol Antràs, Carles, Boix, Jordi Galí, Gerard Padró-
Miquel, and Jaume Ventura) at
www.wilson.cat“La Religió del Segle XXI:
Mediambientalisme” Fundacio Catalunya Oberta, 2005
“Catalanisme Obert al Segle XXI: L’Economia”, Fundacio Catalunya Oberta, 2002
El Món Després del 11 de Setembre: Un Món Incert (keynote speech for the 2001 Annual
Meeting of the Col.legi d'Economistes de Catalunya, November 2001)
“Independència de Catalunya: La Viabilitat Econòmica”, Revista d’Omnium Cultural, 1998.
“Distribució Òptima de la Despesa Pública entre les Comunitats Autònomes”, Nota
d’Economia 57, Publicacions de la Generalitat de Catalunya, May 1997.
“Massa Govern”, Barcelona Management Review, September-December 1996, #3, pp.
74-81..
"Macroeconomia als Estats Units: Els Fets", (with Jordi Gali), Revista Ecònomica de
Catalunya, April 1988.
"Estabilitzacio, Dollars i Deficits", (with Jordi Gali), Revista Ecònomica de Catalunya,
April 1988.
"Macroeconomia als Estats Units: Les Idees", (with Jordi Gali), Revista Ecònomica de
Catalunya, April 1988.
“La Reforma de las Pensiones en España: Comentario”, Moneda y Crédito, 204, p105,
1997.
"La Riqueza de las Regiones", Moneda y Credito, Madrid, Spain, July 1994.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996-2012, 2013-Present: Columbia University, Macroeconomic Analysis I (first year PhD class)
2010-2012, Columbia University, Economic Growth and Development (second year PhD class)
1996-Present, Columbia University, Intermediate Macroeconomic I (undergraduate class)
1996-Present, Columbia University, Economic Growth and Development (undergraduate class)
2003-2004, Economic Development (graduate and undergraduate) at Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA.
1999-2013 (Summer): Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School. A week-long course on
Advanced Topics on Economic Growth
2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997:IMF Institute. Courses on economic growth and development for IMF employees.
2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996: IMF Institute. Courses on
Economic Growth for Government Employees of over 100 countries.
2011, Economic Growth lecture at the African Development Bank, in Tunis, Tunisia.
2004, Lecture on Global Health and the Development Poverty Trap at the Advanced Health
Leadirship Program (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
2000 (Spring): Kiel Institute of Economics, Kiel, Germany.
1997, 1998: Visiting Professor: New York University, Fall Term
1996: IMF Institute. Mini-course on economic growth for IMF senior staff. Summer 1996.
1994-2007: Visiting Professor. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Spring-Summer quarter.
1994: Scandinavian Economic Association. Course on Economic Growth in Helsinki, Finland,
June 1994.
1993: European Economic Association's Fourth Summer School. Lectures on "Financial
Markets and Economic Development". Helsinki, Finland.
1993: Lectures on Economic Growth at the Indira Gandhi Institute in Bombay, India.
1993: Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences: Invited Special Lectures in Economics. Madrid,
Spain.
1988 - 1989: Instructor, Graduate Mathematics for Economists, Harvard University.
1987 - 1990: Teaching Fellow, Graduate and Undergraduate Macroeconomics, Harvard
University.
1985: Instructor, Introductory Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
2014-present: “Informe Sala i Martín”, a bi-weekly economics Radio show at Catalunya Ràdio, Barcelona. With Mónica Terribas (Wednesdays). Audience, 500.000.
2014-present: Columnist for Diari Ara (in Catalan).
2011-present: TV Show “Divendres TV3” in TV3 (in Catalan). This is a 45 show where economic issues are discussed by Xavier Sala-i-Martin with Xavi Coral and Tian Riba. Thursdays.
2014-present: TV Show “Punt.Cat” with Arianda Oltra in TV3 Catalunya. Occasional appearances.
2009-present: Weekly section on TV Show “Divendres” in TV3 (in Catalan). This is a 45 show where economic issues are discussed by Xavier Sala-i-Martin.
2008-present: commentator for “Dinero”, in CNN Español.
2000- 2013: Op-Ed columnist for newspaper “La Vanguardia” (Barcelona).
2000-present: Bi-Weekly appearance in a daily afternoon program called “Versio Original” with Toni Clapés). The show was in Catalunya Radio until 2005 and then moved to RAC1. (Audience: 150.000)
2008-Present: Bi-Weekly appearance in the Opinion Section of “El Món a RAC 1” amb Jordi Basté (Audience: 400.000)
2000- 2008: Bi-Weekly radio appearances in the Opinion Section of “Els Matins de Catalunya Ràdio” amb Antoni Bassas (Audience: 450.000).
2007-present: Bi-weekly appearance in “El Gabinete” de Onda Cero with Julia Otero (Audience: unknown).
2005-2006: Bi-weekly appearance in “Cadena SER” with Carles Francino (Audience: 2 million).
2000-2003: Weekly participant “Catalunya Nit” amb Gaspar Hernàndez. The show was cancelled when the Socialist Party won the Catalan and Spanish elections in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Average Audience: 85.000 people.
1999 - 2004: Television Show “Bon Dia Catalunya” in Barcelona (TV3). The show was cancelled when the Socialist Party won the Catalan and Spanish elections in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
2000: Weekly Radio Show in Barcelona called “Els Dimecres, Economia amb Xavier Sala i Martin” at RAC 1. Average Audience: unknown.
1998 - 2000: Op-Ed Columnist for the Newspaper “El Periódico de Catalunya”, “El Temps” and “Public” (Barcelona) and “Expansión” (Madrid),
1995 - 2000: Op-Ed Columnist for the Newspaper “Avui” (Barcelona.)
1998 -1999: Television Show: Segment called “Diguem-ho Clar” (Clear Talk) in Parallel-33 with Jaume Barberà, TV3
1987-1990: Research Assistant for Professor Robert J. Barro.
1988-1990: Columnist for the Newspaper "La Vanguardia de Barcelona".
1986: Assistant to Jeffrey Sachs in Advising Bolivia's Minister of Planning Sánchez de Losada (in La Paz).
EDITORIAL JOBS
2003, 2006, 2007: Editor of the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum,
Cambridge University Press.
2000: Associate Editor, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press.
1997-: Advisory Editor, Economics Letters, Harvard University.
1997.: Editorial Editor: Zagreb Journal of Economics, Croatioan Institute for Banking and
Insurance.
1994-: Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Growth, Kluwert Academic Publishers.
1992- 1997: Associate Editor “Moneda y Crédito”, (a Spanish Economics Journal), Fundación
Central-Hispano, Madrid
REFEREE
The usual bunch of Journals…
SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
Presented seminars at the following Universities: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Rochester,
Chicago, Northwestern, UCLA, Stanford, Geneva, Ohio State, Miami (Ohio), Miami (Florida),
Buffalo, Autonoma of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), CEPREMAT (Paris), Helsinki,
Indira Gandhi Institute (India), Tokyo, NYU, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Boston University,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Stockholm School of
Economics, Tilburg University, CEMFI (Madrid), Autonoma Madrid (Madrid), Universidad Rey
Juan Carlos I (Madrid), University of Florida, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut Químic de
Sarrià, DELTA (Paris), Fordham University, Research Institute for Industrial Economics in
Stockholm, Instituto Peruano de Administración, Villanova University.
Seminars/Conferences at the Following institutions: World Economic Forum (Davos,
Switzerland, 2001-2013, presentations on Global Competitiveness, Research and Development,
Population Economics, African Development, Growth in the Arab World, and Globalization),
TEDx Columbia (2012), API Salou. GEM Research Conference on Entrepreneurship, UEFA
Master Program, Cámara Infraestructuras Colombia, Colegio Economistas Euskadi, Instint,
FEM Angola, Banorte Mexico, World of Business (WOBI, Mexico), VI Forum Peralada de
l’Empresa Familiar –Tribuna Girona (2007, Girona), Tribuna Barcelona (2007), CESiFO
(Venice, Italy, 2007), Cámara Comercio Barranca Bermeja (Colombia, 2012), Camara
Comercio Barranquilla (Colombia), TNS Global, Ferrovial, Fundación Rafael del Pino,
Pack2Go, MAERSC, World Education Forum, Associación Empresarios Argentina (Mar del
Plata), Central Bank of Guatamala, Dimmension Capital, Central Bank of Latvia, Indra,
Microsoft, Government of Liechtenstein, Asociación Progreso de la Dirección Canarias (2007,
Canary Islands), Institute des Idées (2007, Paris), Associación Española Agencias de Viages
(2007, Barcelona), Comunidad de Madrid (2007), Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía
(2007, Sevilla), AztraZeneca-Stora Enso lecture in Stockholm (Sweden) 2005, World Economic
Forum, African Meeting 2004 (Maputo, Mozambique), World Economic Forum, Latin American
Meeting 2002 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), World Economic Forum, African Meeting 2002 (Durban,
South Africa), Caixa Manresa, Conferència Economia de Catalunya Central (2004 on the
Welfare State, 2003 on Sustainability and the Environment, 2002 on Globalization), Fundació
Catalunya Oberta,2004 (Sustainability and the Kyoto Protocol), American Enterprise Institute,
Keynote Speech at the Conference on Health Economics of the International Health Economics
Association, Paris, July 2002. September 2001 Keynote Speech at the 2001 Annual Conference
of the Collegi d’Economistes de Catalunya, Keynote Speech at the 2001 Central Bank of Chile
Conference “The Challenges of Growth”, conference “Catalanisme per al Segle XXI:
L’Economia” organized by the Fundacio Catalunya Oberta in Girona, Keynote Speech on
Economic Growth at the 2001 East-West Conference organized by the Central Bank of Austria,
2001 World Bank’s ABCDE Conference in Paris, ASSET lecture at the Southern European
Economic Association in Lisbon, CREI-European Commission conference on Economic Growth,
OECD, Escola d’Estiu de Convergencia a Sitges, NBER (fluctuations project, monetary
economics project, growth project, economic history project, international economics and
economics of aging project, public economics project), CEPR (growth conference in Les Arcs,
Summer Conferences in Tarragona, Lisbon, Sitges (Barcelona), and Perugia (Italy)), Bank of
Spain, Spanish Ministry of Economia y Hacienda, FEDEA, Moneda y Credito, NBER
Macroeconomics Annual, European Science Foundation Meetings (migration meeting in Davos ,
Switzerland), political economy meeting in Lisbon and economic growth conference in Sitges
(Barcelona), and Social Security meeting in Madrid (Spain)), ISOM, European Economic
Association (in Helsinki), American Economic Association (various places), Annual World Bank
Conference on Economic Development (Washington, DC), Societat Catalana d'Economia
(Barcelona), The World Bank Research Group, The International Monetary Fund Research
Department, Tokyo Center for Economic Research (Japan), Central Bank of Portugal, the Society
for Economic Dynamics and Control, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York.