Marcello Estevão is Senior Economic Adviser in the World Bank Group’s Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Vice Presidency, where he leads work on Macroeconomics, Public Debt, and Fiscal Policy. Previously, he was Global Director of the WBG’s Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Practice. He was Deputy Minister of Finance in Brazil and G20 Deputy; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Development Bank; Chief Economist at Tudor Investment Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors of a large pension fund; researcher, manager, and mission chief at the IMF; and a researcher and economist at the Federal Reserve Board. He holds a PhD from MIT and has published widely in refereed journals, books, print media, and blogs.