Daniel Lederman is Lead Economist and Deputy Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean of the World Bank. Previously he served as Lead Trade Economist in the World Bank's International Trade Department (PRMTR), Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (DECRG), and Senior Economist and Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining the World Bank in 1995, he worked for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Lederman has written extensively on a broad set of issues related to economic development, including financial crises in emerging markets, crime, political economy of reforms, economic growth, innovation and international trade. His writings have been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Law and Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Economics and Politics, Journal of International Business Studies, among others. He has authored or coauthored several books, including The Political Economy of Protection, Lessons from NAFTA, From Natural Resources to the Knowledge Economy, and Does What You Export Matter? Relations from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).