Marta Ruiz-Arranz is Principal Economic Advisor in the Department of Countries of Central America, Haiti, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic of the Inter-American Development Bank and previously served as economic advisor for the Andean region. Before joining the IDB in 2015, Marta worked for 12 years at the International Monetary Fund, where she was Deputy Division Chief in the Department of Fiscal Affairs. Marta Ruiz-Arranz received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.