Mauricio Koechlin
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Consulting and Applied Research

Applied economics engagements for multilateral organizations, government institutions and private firms across Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Paraguay, ranging from impact evaluation and reproducibility auditing to regulatory and competition analysis.

Selected consulting projects

Sustainability and financial inclusion Banco de Crédito del Perú · 2025 Diagnostic of the bank’s sustainability and financial inclusion initiatives, identifying strategic priorities and recommending actions to strengthen institutional impact.

Renewal of public-private concessions Confidential client, Peru · 2025 Financial and economic feasibility analysis, with strategic recommendations for concession management.

Cross-border acquisition and antitrust review Confidential client, Ecuador · 2025 Economic feasibility and antitrust analysis, including market assessment, regulatory compliance review and engagement with the national competition authority.

Port tariff regulation Salaverry Terminal Internacional · 2024 Analysis of regulatory tariff structures and impact assessment of proposed pricing changes on port services.

Airport tariff regulation Lima Airport Partners · 2024 Analysis of regulatory tariff structures and impact assessment of proposed pricing changes on airport services.

Demand for agricultural financing International Finance Corporation · 2024 Estimation of demand for agro-financing through Digital Harvest Receipts and Digital Warehouse Receipts in Peru.

Support platform for scholarship beneficiaries Ministry of Education of Peru, PRONABEC · 2023 Technical consistency assessment of the design and implementation of the Support and Guidance Platform (PAO) for higher-education scholarship beneficiaries.

Sustainable agriculture and rural development in Paraguay Global Saemaul Undong · 2023 Quantitative impact evaluation.

Sexual education in Colombian schools Tirando x Colombia · 2023 Theory of change, monitoring framework, baseline analysis and impact evaluation design.

Cash transfers to Venezuelan migrants in Colombia 3ie · 2022 Impact evaluation of the ADN Dignidad multi-purpose cash transfer program.

Reproducibility of nine impact evaluations 3ie · 2022 Push Button Replication analysis assessing whether published results could be reproduced from the authors’ own data and code, and examining the methodological robustness of each.

Child malnutrition and obesity in Guatemala Inter-American Development Bank · 2022 Impact evaluation of the SPOON program.

Applied research reports

At What Expense? The State of Emergency in Callao and Its Short- and Long-Term Impact on Citizen Security, Domestic Violence and Social Well-Being Wilson Hernández, Ángelo Cozzubo and Andrea Román · Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social · 2024 · lead quantitative analyst

Considerations and Proposals for the Expansion of Pension Coverage Among Self-Employed Workers in Peru Noelia Bernal · Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean · 2024 · research assistant

Public Opinion on Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank · 2022 · research assistant

 

Mauricio Koechlin · mkoechlin@uchicago.edu · Background: Costa Verde, Lima, Peru