R A M Ó N P A D I L L A P É R E Z PERSONAL DETAILS Nationality: Mexican/Spanish (dual nationality) Phone number: (52) 55 41705664 E-mail: ramon.padilla@cepal.org ACADEMIC BACKGROUND October 2003 - September 2006 DPhil in Science and Technology Policy Studies DPhil Thesis: Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Technological Capabilities: The Case of the Electronics Industry in Mexico. Awarded a Mexican government scholarship. October 2002 September 2003 MSc in Science and Technology Policy Multidisciplinary courses in science and technology issues: economics of technical change, political economy of science and technology policy, innovation management and policy making. Awarded a Mexican government scholarship. September 1999 July 2000 MSc in Economics London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Courses in advanced micro- and macro-economics, econometrics and economics of industry. Awarded a British Council Chevening Scholarship for my MSc studies. August 1992 - May 1997 B.Sc. in Economics with Honours Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Courses in micro- and macro-economics; statistics, mathematics and econometrics; and other economic theory fields (industrial organisation, economic growth, international economics). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE November 2012 to date United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC), Mexico City Office Economic Affairs Officer, Industrial Development and International Trade Unit
Page 2 Coordination of technical assistance teams on industrial policy and science, technology and innovation policies. Design, elaborate and coordinate economic research on industrial policies, international trade and foreign direct investment. March 2008 October 2012 Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Development Unit Elaboration of periodic reports on economic development in Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Economic research and technical assistance to Latin American countries on industrial development and science and technology policy topics. June 2005 February 2008 Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Industrial Development and International Trade Unit Economic research and technical assistance to Latin American countries on industrial development, international trade and science and technology policy topics. Organisation of expert meetings with representatives of Latin American countries. January 2004 December 2004 Teaching assistant, Introduction to Statistics September 2000 September 2002 Deloitte Consulting (Deloitte & Touche), Mexico City Senior Consultant Full involvement in strategy and process re-engineering projects for public sector and multinational and local market-leader companies; team leading and project management. Co-leader of the social responsibility program. August 1995 July 1999 Economics Assistant, Industrial Development Unit Elaboration of research papers; quantitative and economic analysis; participation in economic policy discussion teams in industrial and science and technology policies. January 1995 June 1995 Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Teaching assistant, Micro and macroeconomics
Page 3 VISITING SCHOLARSHIPS October 2013 University of Turin, Italy Visiting professor, Cattedra Enrico Luzzati in Development and Cooperation, Master s Degree in Economic Development and Innovation, Department of Economics and Statistics June 2012 September 2012 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Visiting scholar, Economic Geography Department, hosted by Professor Simona Iammarino. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS May 2014 to date Inclusive growth, rural industrial policy and participatory value chains in Latin America and the Caribbean. November 2012 December 2013 Strengthening the participation of small- and medium-sized enterprises in global value chains in Central America. Ministries of Economy of El Salvador and Guatemala. January 2011 December 2012 Strengthening Central American integration in science, technology and innovation policies. National science and technology public organizations and Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic Commission for Scientific and Technological Development (CTCAP). January 2009 June 2010 Elaboration of Nicaragua s National Plan of Science, Technology and Innovation. Vicepresidency of the Republic and Nicaraguan Council for Science and Technology (CONICYT). MAIN PUBLICATIONS Books 2014 Strengthening value chains as industrial policy instruments. Methodology and experience of ECLAC in Central America, Book 123, ECLAC, Santiago de Chile. Editor and author of four chapters. Published in both English and Spanish. 2013 Systems of Innovation in Central America. Their strengthening through regional integration, Book 118, ECLAC, Santiago de Chile. Editor, and author or co-author of all its chapters. 1998 Centroamérica, México y República Dominicana: Maquila y transformación productiva, ECLAC, United Nations. With Rudolf Buitelaar and Ruth Urrutia.
Page 4 Articles in journals 2014 Science, technology and innovation policies in small and developing economies: the case of Central America, Research Policy, vol. 43. With Yannick Gaudin. 2013 Commercial bank financing for micro enterprises and SMEs in Mexico, ECLAC Review, Santiago de Chile, no. 111, December. With Rodrigo Fenton. 2013 Introduction, Guest editor Special issue on Public policies to support SMEs, Well-being and Social Policy, vol. 8, no. 2. With Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid. 2013 Book review. New Structural Economics, Well-being and Social Policy, vol. 8, no. 2. With Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid. 2010 Upgrading and competitiveness within the export manufacturing industry in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Latin American Business Review, vol. 11, no. 1. With René Hernández. 2009 Export growth, foreign direct investment and technological capability building under the maquila model: winding roads, few intersections, Science and Public Policy, vol. 36, no. 4. With Jorge Mario Martínez. 2008 A regional approach to study technology transfer through foreign direct investment: The electronic industry in two Mexican regions, Research Policy, vol. 37, no. 5. 2008 Technological capabilities and global-local interactions. The electronics industry in two Mexican regions, World Development, vol. 36, no. 10. With Simona Iammarino and Nick vontunzelmann. 2007 Effects of training on competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, CEPAL Review, no. 92. With Miriam Juárez. 2000 The Position of the Countries of the Central American Isthmus, Belize and the Dominican Republic in the Imports of the United States, Integration & Trade, IADB, no. 11. 2000 "Maquila, Economic Reform and Corporate Strategies", World Development, vol. 28, no. 9. With Rudolf Buitelaar. 1999 Maquiladora Industry and Technical Change, CEPAL Review, no. 67, April. With Rudolf Buitelaar and Ruth Urrutia. 1998 Intra-industry trade inside Central America Common Market, Comercio Exterior, vol. 48, no. 11. 1996 Intra-industry trade between Mexico and its main commercial partners, Estudios Económicos, vol. 11, no. 1. With Rudolf Buitelaar. Book chapters 2013 Economic integration: rationale and challenges to become an effective tool for economic development, in Francisco Santos y Olga Pozo, El SICA: diálogos sobre una integración dinámica y singular en América Latina, Colección de estudios centroamericanos no. 4, Fundación ETEA. With Jorge Mario Martínez. 2012 The Mexican economy and the international financial crisis, in The Global Economic Crisis in Latin
Page 5 America, Routledge. With Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid. 2011 Cooperation for innovation in the manufacturing industry in Mexico, in National Innovation Surveys in Latin America, IDRC/ECLAC. With Celso Garrido. 2010 The Mexican film industry and its participation in global value chains, in Export of Services in Latin America, Red Mercosur. With con Jorge Mario Martínez, Claudia Schatan y Verónica Vega. 2009 Regional innovation systems, globalization and developing countries, in Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries, Edward Elgar Publishing. With Cristina Chaminade and Jan Vang. 2009 Trade openness, export competitiveness and the microdeterminants of exports: The case of Mexico, in Technological Innovation in Brazilian Firms and Mexican Firms, IPEA, Brazil. With Martha Cordero y Jorge Máttar. 2008 Industry and competitiveness, in V. Godínez and J. Máttar cords., La República Dominicana en 2030. Hacia una nación cohesionada, CEPAL y Secretaría de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo de República Dominicana, México. Working papers and institutional documents 2014 Export performance and structural heterogeneity in Costa Rica, Serie Aportes para el Análisis del Desarrollo Humano Sostenible, No. 12, Programa Estado de la Nación, Costa Rica. Coautor con Jennifer Alvarado. 2013 Governance and coordination between federal and state-level innovation and competitiveness policies in Mexico, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Technical Note 512. With Federico Stezano. 2012 Commercial banking credit to small and medium-sized enterprises in Mexico, Serie estudios y perspectivas, no. 135, ECLAC, Mexico. With Rodrigo Fenton. 2010 The rising price of oil: A window of opportunity for some Central American and Caribbean countries, Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL). With Carlos Guerrero. 2008 Evolución reciente y retos de la industria manufacturera de exportación en Centroamérica, México y República Dominicana: Una perspectiva regional y sectorial, Serie estudios y perspectivas, no. 95, ECLAC, Mexico. With Martha Cordero, René Hernández and Indira Romero. 2008 International trade: from goods to services: The cases of Costa Rica and México, Serie estudios y perspectivas, no. 97, ECLAC, Mexico. With Jorge Mario Martínez and Claudia Schatan. 2007 Trade openness and technical change in Central America, Serie estudios y perspectivas, no. 81, ECLAC, Mexico. With con Jorge Mario Martínez. 2005 The Electronics Industry in Mexico, Competitiveness Studies Centre, ITAM, Mexico. 2000 Costa Rica: National Innovation System, Productive Development Series, no. 82, ECLAC. With Rudolf Buitelaar and Ruth Urrutia.