Yuri Soares

Unit Chief
IDB Lab

Yuri Soares is Chief of Strategy and Impact at IDB Lab, where he is responsible for corporate strategy, developing connections and network assets, impact and measurement and strategic communications. Dr. Soares previously managed the Lab's agenda on climate and agriculture, where he developed a portfolio of investments in agtech and natural capital. IDB Lab is the Innovation Lab of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB).

Before joining IDB Lab, Yuri Soares was Principal Advisor at the IDB Office of Evaluation and Oversight. He has worked in the US and Brazil, where he has published on such topics as impact evaluation, agriculture, firm innovation and growth, crime and violence, labor economics and workforce, and the economics of public amenities. Dr. Soares holds a PhD in Economics from Michigan State University and a MA in Agricultural Economics from the University of Florida.