Ariel Akerman
Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank
Ariel Akerman is a Development Effectiveness Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank. His research focuses on development economics, agricultural innovation, land use, and deforestation. He earned his PhD in Economics from Boston University in 2025.
Recent work by Ariel Akerman
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Public R&D and Brazil’s agricultural revolution
It is often argued that returns to R&D are low in developing countries, making imported technologies a better path to growth. Yet technologies designed for frontier nations may not fit local conditions, limiting their productivity gains. This column ...
Published 13.11.25