Romina Bandura | Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Romina Bandura is a senior fellow with the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Ms. Bandura is an economist with 25 years of experience in international development research, policy analysis, and project management. Her current research focuses on development finance, strategic infrastructure, digital transformation, private sector development, and the future of work in developing countries. She also covers Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction, United States’ economic engagement in the developing world and enhancing the reach and impact of the multilateral development bank system. Her work is often cited in prominent media outlets. Before joining CSIS in September 2017, she was a senior consultant at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). She worked closely with clients to design research and manage projects that included index building, quantitative analysis, and strategies for investment and growth. She also held positions as an economist at the International Labour Organization's Washington office, a business manager at DAI’s Economic Growth Sector (managing a $90 million private sector development portfolio of projects in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe), and a policy analyst for the UN Development Programme. Early in her career, she worked in the banking sector in Argentina and Ukraine. Ms. Bandura holds an MPA in international development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a BA in economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires.