Olaf Oseguera

Olaf Oseguera is a Research Associate at J-PAL LAC where he currently works on the development, and implementation of an impact evaluation of the Impulso Chileno program. This intervention seeks to identify and help high-potential entrepreneurs grow by offering them a combination of large financial endowments, business training and personalized mentoring. Before this, he was involved in the data collection process of several studies in the Dominican Republic, as well as delivering impact evaluation training courses for NGOs and policymakers in Chile and México.

Prior to joining J-PAL in 2020, he worked with several social start-ups and international organizations to develop and impart business training programs for microentrepreneurs in marginalized zones in Mexico.

Olaf holds a master of applied science degree on data, economics and development policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from a BA in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.