Business Address:

European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics  (ECARES)

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Av. F.D. Roosevelt, 50. CP 114/04

B-1050 Brussels – Belgium

e-mail: antonio.estache@ulb.be

Education:

• Ph.D.  in Economics (1995) (Focus on Regulation/IO/Public Economics), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
• MA in Economics (1987), (Focus on International Economics and Public Economics), University of Maryland, USA
• Licence en Sciences Economiques (B.A. in Economics) (1980), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Languages:

• Fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
• Passive knowledge of Dutch, German and Italian

Personal Data: Born in Liege (Belgium), March 20, 1957

Current Positions

• Research Fellow, European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (1993-now)
• Policy Advisor  for various organizations, including World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, EBRD, Asian Development Bank (2008-now)
• Emeritus Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (2022-now)

Fields of expertise

• Public finance (including revenue and expenditure design)
• Design of public procurement processes in infrastructure
• Public-private partnerships designs
• Reforms, pricing and regulation of infrastructure services
• Public and private sector performance monitoring and benchmarking
• Decentralization, provincial and municipal management and reform
• Environmental management
• Macroeconomic and fiscal performance evaluation
• Tax policy design

Previous professional activities:

• Professor of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (2008-2022)
• Expert witness on infrastructure related policies in various parliaments (2008-2018)
• Associated researcher with Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (2017-2018)
• Associated professor, Development Planning Unit, UCL, London (2013-2017)
• Visiting researcher at the Toulouse School of Economics (2016-2017)
• Visiting professor at the Imperial College Business School, London (2013)
• Visiting professor at the Paris School of Economics (2009-2010)
• Economist, The World Bank, (1982-2007)