Alberto Posso

  • Labour Economics
  • Urbanisation and Developing Countries
  • Urban Policy

Alberto Posso is an Associate Professor of Economics at the International Trade and Development Research Group in the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), where he has been employed since 2009. Alberto holds a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (ANU) with specializations in labour economics, development, and applied econometrics. His work aims at generating evidence based policy advice to developing countries at both the national and community level. Geographically, his area of specialisation covers East Asia, Latin America and the Pacific.

Alberto is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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