Marco Stampini is Social Protection Lead Specialist at the Interamerican Development Bank in Washington DC. 

Prior to joining the IaDB in May 2011, he was Principal Research Economist at the Development Research Department of the African Development Bank. He previously held a research position at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, and consulted on various development themes for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank. 

He has been Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and University of Brasilia, and Senior Lecturer at the Catholic University of America. He holds a Masters in Applied Economics from CORIPE Piedmont, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.