Luciano Charlita de Freitas

Digital Development Consultant at the World Bank. Research Fellow at The Center on Law and Regulation. Ph.D. in Economics-Development Science (Hiroshima University). Digital Development Consultant at the World Bank. Research Fellow at the Center on Law and Regulation at the University of Brasília. Reviewer for Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Routledge, and others. Project leader. Research interests include the economics of infrastructure development, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and innovation. I am a long-distance bicycle traveler. COMPETENCIES *Project Leader and team member in Digital Development operations in Brazil and Guinea-Bissau. *23 years of experience in the Digital Development sector, with highlights including the startup of the Brasil Telecom Mobile from 0 to 1 million users; implementing several national impact regulations at the Brazilian Regulatory Agency (ANATEL); and team member and project leader of several large scale World Bank’s Digital Development operations in Brazil. *Extensive experience working with multinational teams. *Solid background and hands-on experience with quantitative methods and computational tools such as SAS, STATA, Python, and R. *Advanced research skills and analytical thinking.