Ancor Suárez-Alemán

Economist, PhD., BA., with over 15 years of working experience in the field of infrastructure economics and policy. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Senior Specialist at the Vice-presidency for Countries at the Inter-American Development Bank Group. Currently leading the infrastructure PPP upstream public-sector support at the IDB, advising 26 Latin America and the Caribbean Governments on upstream (PPP regulatory and institutional framework, infrastructure planning and prioritization, coordination between Public Investment Management and PPP Units, Capacity building); downstream/operations (infrastructure project preparation and structuring, with a focus on port transactions); and infrastructure PPP knowledge development and dissemination activities. Manager of the LAC Regional Network on Analysis and Best Practices on PPPs. IDB Project Manager for the Infrascope development – analysis of the enabling environment for efficient and sustainable PPP in LAC social and economic infrastructure (energy, telecom, transport, social infrastructure, water and sanitation), an IDBG and The Economist Impact joint initiative. In the past, I worked at the Infrastructure and Energy Department at the IDB developing and coordinating key infrastructure knowledge and strategic products related to infrastructure investment, financing, governance, regulation, and performance, among other areas. Before that, I worked at The World Bank in the transport practice, where I developed transport knowledge outcomes such as the first port competitiveness report for the South Asia region. I have advised public and private sectors in Europe, South Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to my career in Washington D.C. (USA), I contributed to various European Cooperation in Science and Technology projects on business models for enhancing funding and enabling financing of infrastructure projects, as well as national and regional infrastructure investment projects. I completed my PhD focusing on Port Competitiveness and the European Maritime Transport Policy. I have authored and coordinated general and sector studies, and published over more than 100 works on infrastructure economics, policy, investment and financing, and PPP in various journals and other specialized publications.