Luca Pellerano

Biography

Luca Pellerano is a development economist with comprehensive experience in the area of monitoring and evaluation of social policies, programmes and projects. Prior to his appointment to OPM he worked as a consultant at the Evaluation Unit of the Colombian Government, where he acquired strong expertise in evaluation methodology design and participated in several impact evaluations of public programmes in the areas of social protection, education, nutrition, local development and peace consolidation. His previous experience also includes the design and development of a “rapid evaluation tool” that has become a main component of the Colombian National System of Evaluation. He is adept in survey design and econometric analysis, and he has a strong academic interest in mixed qualitative/quantitative methods in social research and the measurement of “intangible” assets, particularly participation and social capital. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Applied Quantitative Methods from the University of Genoa and a MSc in Economics from the University College London.