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.
Welcome
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.
2026 RIDGE December Forum
Forum Venue: CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Growth and Development in Macroeconomics
9-10 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Towards Sustainable Growth: From micro to macro development
9-10 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay
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International Macro
14-15 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay
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International Trade
14-15 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Financial Stability
15-16 December, 2026
CAF, Montevideo, Uruguay
RIDGE Summer School at LACEA LAMES 2026 Annual Meeting
12-14 November, 2026
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, Peru
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.