Iván Torre

Senior Economist at @WorldBank. Office of the Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA. Tweets are my own. RT ≠ endorsement

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

What drives technology adoption among firms? What is the impact on production? And are the skills of workers in Europe adequate to face this challenge? Our report on the Future of Work in Europe is out! Check it out: https://t.co/QLTHPj37tz

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

How can countries in Europe and Central Asia make AI work for jobs and growth?

The @WorldBankGroup’s @FilipJole breaks down five areas for action from our latest #ECAUpdate ⬇️

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

Are the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia capitalizing on AI’s potential to create jobs and boost growth?

The @WorldBankGroup’s new #ECAUpdate outlines how firms and governments across the region are adopting this tech and ways forward: https://t.co/aXQvutnIwn

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

AI can help developing economies accelerate growth, but capturing its benefits takes more than access to new tools.
#WDR2026 lays out a path to adopt, adapt, and advance AI to meet local needs.
Join us live on September 30 to learn more: https://t.co/1ngOvRTw8G

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

Education quality is declining across much of Europe and Central Asia, hurting economic growth.

On #EducationDay, read this blog by the @WorldBank's @IvailoIzvorski, Michael Lokshin and @ivantorrewb outlining reforms to vocational and university programs: https://t.co/8ZNCTf65mz

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

Una gran pérdida. Oscar no fue solo un excelente economista y gran persona, sino que también contribuyó a la formación de decenas de jóvenes economistas. Se lo extrañará mucho.

[Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política @iiep_oficial]

Lamentamos el fallecimiento de Oscar Cetrángolo, investigador del @afispop y Profesor Titular de @UBAeconomicas.

Extrañaremos sus grandes aportes al conocimiento, así como su calidad humana.

Acompañamos a sus seres queridos en este difícil momento.

[Fabian Scheifele @FabianScheifel]

Want to learn more about the drivers of productivity growth in Europe and Central Asia? Then join our report launch next Wednesday.
Link to report: https://t.co/Mjp7PvEcUO
Livestream: https://t.co/TUaRoBR76d
#tidesofchange
@leoiacovone @ivantorrewb

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

@WorldBank @IvailoIzvorski Read the new #ECAUpdate report, Jobs and Prosperity, here: https://t.co/ApSNEJCAPm

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

The developing economies of Europe and Central Asia face a serious jobs challenge.

Watch the @WorldBank's @IvailoIzvorski explain what's driving it ⬇️ #ECAUpdate

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

@ltornarolli @MaurizioBussolo Si! Creo que la diferencia mas importante con Arg y otros países es que no hay mucha sobreestimación entre los pobres.

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

@ltornarolli Acá @MaurizioBussolo y Avinash Dixit encuentran algo levemente distinto en India: todos perciben ser pobres ;) https://t.co/HDrE3IJWMw

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

The quality of education across middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia has deteriorated substantially in recent decades—creating a major obstacle to achieving high-income status.

Learn more in the @WorldBank's #GreaterHeights report: https://t.co/DmXRb06F2n

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

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[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

Our new report is just out!
Since 1990, 27 countries have reached high-income status. 10 were from Europe and Central Asia. What lessons can these countries offer other countries in the region and beyond?
Discover insights in the #GreaterHeights report (link in the next tweet)

[Yashodhan Ghorpade @yashodunn]

🚨 📑 New Working Paper 📊

From Conflict to Compromise:
Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar

@iza_bonn

https://t.co/AXMrbb9nwQ

We find that exposure to conflict in Myanmar makes graduates more amenable to take on lower-skilled work at migration destinations. This effect is stronger for women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups in the labor market.

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

In particular, households in the bottom decile of the consumption distribution faced inflation that was, on aveagre, 2.3 percentage points higher than the inflation faced by households in the top decile. The difference reached 5 percentage points in some countries.

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

Just published - our paper with M. Lokshin and Z. Sajaia on the impact of the 2022 inflation shock in Europe and Central Asia: we estimate household-level inflation indexes and find that poor households were disproportionately more affected than rich ones https://t.co/Pbe1WJLDEN

[Luis Felipe López-Calva @LFLopezCalva]

Pleased to share our latest @WorldBank Policy Research Working Paper, "Growing Vulnerability: What Happened to Europe’s Middle Class in the Course of a Decade?" written along with @MaurizioBussolo, @JonathanKarver, Michael Lokshin, and @ivantorrewb, which takes a vulnerability-based approach to examining the evolution of Europe’s middle class between 2005–08 and 2015–18.

Key findings:
- The income level needed to avoid poverty—defined as the vulnerability threshold—rose in real terms, contributing to a shrinking middle class in many European countries.

- The composition of the middle class shifted, with a higher share of tertiary-educated household heads and those in managerial or professional roles.

- Households not yet middle class found it harder to move up, highlighting increasing barriers to upward mobility.

This analysis sheds light on the growing challenges faced by middle-class households and the rising vulnerability in Europe.

Read our full paper here: https://t.co/NiY4whuHV5

[Iván Torre @ivantorrewb]

The Europe and Central Asia Chief Economist Office at the World Bank is looking for a research assistant to work in topics related to labor economics and, more generally, applied microeconomics. The application deadline is January 19, 2025. Please share!

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

Education quality is declining across much of Europe and Central Asia, hurting economic growth. The @WorldBank's @IvailoIzvorski, Michael Lokshin, and @ivantorrewb argue countries must act now, particularly on reforming vocational and university programs: https://t.co/8ZNCTf65mz

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

How can improving education help countries across Europe and Central Asia reach high income status?

Read this blog by the @WorldBank's @IvailoIzvorski, Michael Lokshin, and @ivantorrewb discussing the findings of our new #ECAUpdate: https://t.co/7xxd5w66w3