RIDGE Forum

RIDGE Forums have a well-defined field in economics and are led by Research Directors and a Scientific Committee of internationally renowned economists. Many of the workshops of the RIDGE forum are organized jointly with the LACEA Networks.

RIDGE Policy Debates

Policy debates address relevant topics of interest for Latin America, aiming at policy makers and researchers.

RIDGE Summer School

The RIDGE Summer School aims to give young economists the opportunity to be part of the debate about the frontier of knowledge in economics. It targets outstanding graduate economists worldwide enrolled in graduate programs in economics.
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About RIDGE

The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) aims to favor the development and the spread of high quality research in economics and to promote top postgraduate education, with particular emphasis on economic development, international economics and economic growth. It also aims to promote the development of new views on economic thinking from the perspective of developing countries.
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2027 RIDGE May Forum

Forum Venue: Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

RIDGE - LACEA - PEG

Workshop on Political Economy

24-25 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

LACEA-EHN

Workshop on Historical Development

24-25 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

RIDGE

Public Economics

24-25 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

LACEA

Labor

26-27 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

LACEA´s

Health Economics Network

27-28 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

RIDGE

Environmental Economics

27-28 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

RIDGE

Industrial Organization

27-28 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

HUMANS LACEA

Migration Network

27-28 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

LACEA

BRAIN

27-28 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

LACEA

The Economics of Crime

27-28 May, 2027
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

2026 RIDGE December Forum

Forum Venue: CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

RIDGE

Growth and Development in Macroeconomics

10-11 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

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RIDGE

Towards Sustainable Growth: From micro to macro development

10-11 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

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RIDGE

International Macro

14-15 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

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RIDGE

International Trade

14-15 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

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RIDGE

Macroeconomics and Heterogeneity

14-15 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

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Financial Stability

15-16 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay

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RIDGE Summer School at LACEA LAMES 2026 Annual Meeting

12-14 November, 2026

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, Peru

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Past RIDGE Summer School

Belgrade – 22-26 June, 2026

Barbados – 18-22 May 2026

RIDGE Board

Enrique Iglesias

RIDGE Honorary President

Joseph Stiglitz

RIDGE Chairman

Gabriel Oddone

Minister of Economy and Finance, Uruguay

Elhanan Helpman

President of the IEA

Ana Balsa

RIDGE Secretary

Raquel Fernández

RIDGE Board member

Claudio Ferraz

RIDGE Board member

Paulina Restrepo

RIDGE Board member

Sergio Urzúa

RIDGE Board member

Omar Licandro

RIDGE Executive Secretary

Research Directors

Raquel Fernández

WELAC (LACEA) Gender and Household Economics

Ignacio Munyo

Economics of Crime

Ernesto Schargrodsky

Economics of Crime

Juan Vargas

The Economics of Crime

José Antonio Ocampo

Economic History

Luis Bértola

Economic History

Rafael Repullo

Financial Stability

Jorge Ponce

Financial Stability

Jean-Charles Rochet

Financial Stability

Matias Busso

Inequality & Poverty

Nora Lusting

Inequality & Poverty

Werner Hernani-Limarino

Inequality & Poverty

Gerardo Licandro

International Macro

Javier Bianchi

International Macroeconomics

Daniel Heymann

International Macroeconomics

Ricardo Perez Truglia

Public Economics

Marcelo Bergolo

Public Economics

Guillermo Cruces

Public Economics

Adriana Camacho Gonzáles

Impact Evaluation

Oscar Mitnik

Impact Evaluation

Ana Balsa

Health

Dolores de la Mata

Health

Claudio Ferraz

Political Economy

Ernesto Dal Bo

Political Economy

Leandro Zipitria

Industrial Organization

Sebastián Fleitas

Industrial Organization

Juan Pablo Atal

Industrial Organization

Stanislao Maldonado

BRAIN

Julia Seither

BRAIN

Marcelo Caffera

Environmental Economics

Diego Restuccia

Macroeconomic Development

Hugo Hopenhyn

IT / GDM

Lorenzo Caliendo

International Trade

Germán Cubas

Macroeconomic Development

Sergio Urzua

Labor

Renos Vakis

BRAIN

María del Pilar López

Historical Development

Past Keynote Speakers

Joseph Stiglitz

Columbia University

Tim Besley

LSE

Dani Rodrik

Harvard University

Miguel Urquiola

Columbia University

Sebastián Galiani

University of Maryland

Ernesto dal Bo

UC Berkeley

Enrique Mendoza

University of Pennsylvania

Arnaud Costinot

MIT

Jonathan Eaton

Penn State University

Giovanni Maggi

Yale University

Jean Tirole

Toulouse School of Economics

Marc Ivaldi

Toulouse School of Economics

The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) is an initiative of the International Economic Association (IEA) with the support of the Ministry of Economy and Finances of Uruguay.