López-Calva is a Board Member at the Global Development Network (GDN), a Fellow of the Human Development and Capabilities Association, and a member of the Global Future Council on the Future of Economics of Equitable Transition at the World Economic Forum. He has held research and teaching positions (permanent and visiting) at El Colegio de Mexico, ITESM-Mexico and the University of California in San Diego. He has also held visiting scholar positions at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER, United Nations University).

López-Calva comes to the position of Global Director for the Poverty and Equity GP with a commitment to advancing four key priorities: (i) to elevate poverty reduction and equitable growth to the top of the international development agenda; (ii) to expand the GP’s technical expertise from measurement and monitoring of poverty and inequality to cutting-edge policy analysis for pro-poor development; (iii) to formulate clear strategic directions for the GP, implement these priorities in global and regional programs using both formal and informal authority, and represent the World Bank Group externally; and (iv) to bring conceptual clarity and operational implications to the discussion about the links between climate action and equity.

He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Boston University, as well as a Master’s and a PhD in Economics from Cornell University.