Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva

Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva serves as the Chief Economist for Data-Pop Alliance. He holds an MSc in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a BS in Economics from Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE). He is currently an independent consultant with over 20 years of experience in policy research, activism and executive leadership roles. He was a member of the Executive Board of Oxfam International and the Executive Director of Oxfam Mexico between 2015 and 2020. Ricardo steered the financial and public transformation of Oxfam Mexico and positioned the organization as the leading actor on fighting inequalities. Previously, Ricardo was the Head of Research of Oxfam Great Britain, where he was in charge of analysis, writing reports and setting up the intellectual framework for the “Even it Up” global campaign, aimed at tackling extreme inequality and addressing issues such as wages, gender justice, fiscal and tax reform. His work includes “Working for the Few”, the first of a series of Oxfam documents focusing on inequality and quoted extensively by world leaders, including Barack Obama, Christine Lagarde and Bernie Sanders. Ricardo also co-authored several Human Development Reports for UNDP, and one World Development Report for the World Bank. His work has been featured in the Financial Times, The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, El País, and The Guardian, among others.