Alejandro Lavopa

Alejandro Lavopa is Research and Industrial Policy Officer at the Department of Policy Research and Statistics (PRS) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Alejandro Lavopa coordinates the production of UNIDO’s flagship publication, the Industrial Development Report, and is responsible for providing policy advice on issues related to industrialization, social inclusion and technology upgrading. He obtained his PhD in Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change at UNU-MERIT. Before joining UNIDO, Alejandro worked at the Argentine Ministry of Economy and the University of Buenos Aires. Recent publications include articles in journals, such as World Development and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, and chapter contributions to key reference books.

Digitalization and industrial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
Digitalization and industrial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Advanced digitalization is becoming one of the key drivers of industrial resilience and competitiveness.
- August 2022
Global value chains in times of multiple crises
Global value chains in times of multiple crises

Efficiency, substitution and resilience are keywords for action.
- August 2022
Building socio-economic resilience through industrial capabilities
Building socio-economic resilience through industrial capabilities

What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
- April 2022
What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Advanced digital production technologies are changing manufacturing and carry implications for the future of industrial development.
- January 2021
Capturing the ‘digital dividend’ in developing economies
Capturing the ‘digital dividend’ in developing economies

Digitalization holds promise for less industrialized economies but also underlines the need for increasing efforts in developing human capital.
- November 2020