Professional Affiliation

Chief Research Officer, World Justice Project

Expert Bio

Alejandro Ponce is Chief Research Officer of the World Justice Project (WJP). He joined the WJP as Senior Economist and is one of the original designers and a lead author of the WJP Rule of Law Index. Earlier in his career, he worked as a researcher at Yale University and as an economist at the World Bank and the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission. Dr. Ponce has conducted research and published in the areas of behavioral economics, financial inclusion, justice indicators, and the rule of law.  He holds a B.A. in Economics from ITAM, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.