I’m David Vargas, a young research economist and coffee nerd, like most Colombians. Currently, I’m an Economics PhD student at UC San Diego. My research interest focuses on development economics, poverty & inequality, environmental economics and political economy.

Most recently, I worked as a Research Fellow at the Inter-American Development Bank Research Department. In the past I also served as consultant at the Poverty and Inquality Platform at the World Bank, and as Reseach Assistant at Universidad del Rosario Department of Economics and the Central Bank of Colombia. I hold an M.A. in Economics from Universidad del Rosario and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Feel free to reach me at dlvargas[at]ucsd.edu