Senior Social Development Economist, with strong experience in health economics and health policies, but also in pensions, education, labor market and social protection.
Previous positions as staff member and consulting services includes international organizations, multilateral Banks and Brazilian Government at Federal and State levels.
Large teaching and research experience in Univesities and Colleges, mostly in Brazil and Latin America.
World Bank’s task team leader in Brazil, Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde.
He led the World Bank global program on human resources for health, which focused on assisting countries with implementing evidence-based health workforce policies in the context of health system strengthening strategy and UHC goals.
Edson’s work on health workforce includes the analysis of health labor markets, measurement of health workforce performance, and the application of stated preference methods to elicit health workers’ employment preferences.