Full Professor of Economics at Roma Tre University, member of the Manlio Rossi-Doria Centre for Economic and Social Research, Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.. During 2009-2016 was Lead Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. His research interests include innovation, trade, industry and natural resources in developing countries. His books were published by Harvard University Press, Edward Elgar, Palgrave and Routledge. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford and has been a regular policy advisor to governments in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.