Ildo Jose Lautharte Junior is an Economist at the World Bank Group. His PhD was concluded on March 2018 at University of Cambridge (UK) where he received the Claydon Prize in Economics from St Edmunds College. Until early 2019, he was a research associate at University College London where he lectured and researched on the economics of health and education. His research focuses on the impacts of Zika outbreak on family planning, the effects of crime exposure on birth outcomes, and the consequences of disclosing information to patients.