Marcio Cruz is a principal economist with the Economic Research unit of the International Finance Corporation. Previously, he was a senior economist with the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice of the World Bank. His research has focused on firm dynamics, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, international trade, and impact evaluation. He also worked in the Development Economics Vice Presidency, contributing to the World Bank’s flagship publications Global Economic Prospects and Global Monitoring Report. Before joining the World Bank, Cruz was a tenured professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil and an economist for the Secretary of Planning of the state of Parana. His research has been published in scholarly journals such as the Journal of International Economics, Small Business Economics, and World Development. He holds a PhD in international economics from the Graduate Institute in Geneva.

Books:

• Digital Opportunities in African Businesses
• Bridging the Technological Divide: Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries

Journal articles:

• Organizing knowledge to compete: Impacts of capacity building programs on firm organization
• Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil
• High growth firms and trade linkages: Imports do matter
• Firms’ digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tale of two stories
• On the impact of demographic change on economic growth and poverty

Marcio Cruz is a principal economist with the Economic Research unit of the International Finance Corporation. Previously, he was a senior economist with the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice of the World Bank. His research has focused on firm dynamics, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, international trade, and impact evaluation. He also worked in the Development Economics Vice Presidency, contributing to the World Bank’s flagship publications Global Economic Prospects and Global Monitoring Report. Before joining the World Bank, Cruz was a tenured professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil and an economist for the Secretary of Planning of the state of Parana. His research has been published in scholarly journals such as the Journal of International Economics, Small Business Economics, and World Development. He holds a PhD in international economics from the Graduate Institute in Geneva.

Books:

• Digital Opportunities in African Businesses
• Bridging the Technological Divide: Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries

Journal articles:

• Organizing knowledge to compete: Impacts of capacity building programs on firm organization
• Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil
• High growth firms and trade linkages: Imports do matter
• Firms’ digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tale of two stories
• On the impact of demographic change on economic growth and poverty