William F. Maloney is chief economist for the Latin America and Caribbean region in the World Bank Group.
Previously he was chief economist for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, and Trade and Competitiveness; he was also Global Lead on Innovation and Productivity.
From 2011 to 2014, he was visiting professor at the University of the Andes and worked closely with the Colombian government on innovation and firm upgrading issues.
He has also written several flagship publications of the Latin American division of the Bank, including Informality: Exit and Exclusion;[2] Natural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny and Lessons from NAFTA,[3] Does What you Export Matter: In Search of Empirical Guidance for Industrial Policy.
According to Research Papers in Economics (RePec), Maloney is ranked among the top 10% of economists worldwide, based on publications and scholarly citations.