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Nora Lustig (born 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is the Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics in the Department of Economics at Tulane University and a non-resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. She has been in the vanguard of development economists who not only insist on the link between poverty reduction and macroeconomic policy but also advocate well-targeted social policies to help the poor break out of poverty for good.

Her curiosity about the causes of inequality and poverty and her drive to find solutions have been at the core of her work, which she has undertaken in academia, think tanks, and as an advisor to policymakers. Descended from a family of Austrian Jews who had fled anti-Semitism in pre–World War II Europe, Nora Lustig was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has spent most of her adult life in the United States and Mexico. She received her doctorate in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career Highlights and Awards
As lead author of the World Development Report 2000/1 “Attacking Poverty” (World Bank), Nora Lustig was able to translate her research findings on the relationship between adverse shocks and poverty into relevant policy recommendations. Analyzing the dynamics of the Mexican economy has been the other main focus of her research. Her book Mexico, the Remaking of an Economy (Brookings Institution, 1992 and 1998) was selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book.

As co-founder and president of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association), she played a pivotal role in the creation and consolidation of the leading association of economists focused on Latin America, the launching of LACEA’s journal Economia and the organization of LACEA’s Network on Inequality and Poverty. She is affiliated with the Inter-American Dialogue, the Earth Institute and the Institute of Development Studies.

Selected Publications

 * Lustig, Nora (2008). Thought for Food: the Challenges of Coping with Soaring Food Prices Working Paper No. 155, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, November 2008.
 * Lustig, Nora (2004, co-editor) The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America, Oxford University Press, Washington, D.C., 2004 (coeditor with Francois Bourguignon and Francisco Ferreira and chapter author)
 * Lustig, Nora (2001) Life is not Easy: Mexico’s Quest for Stability and Growth, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15(1), 85-106, Winter 2001.
 * Lustig, Nora (2001) Shielding the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World, The Brookings Institution and Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D. C., 2001. (Editor)
 * Lustig, Nora (2000) Crises and the Poor: Socially Responsible Macroeconomics, Economía, The Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 1(1), 1-45, Fall 2000.
 * Lustig, Nora (1998) Mexico: The Remaking of an Economy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 2nd Edition 1998 and 1st Edition 1992.
 * Lustig, Nora (Co-Editor 1997) Labor Markets in Latin America: Combining Social Protection with Market Flexibility, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1997. (Coeditor with Sebastian Edwards)
 * Lustig, Nora (Editor and Chapter Author 1995) Coping with Austerity: Poverty and Inequality in Latin America, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1995. (editor and chapter author)