Daniel  Rodriguez-Segura

Daniel Rodriguez-Segura

Young Professional, Education and Skills, Europe and Central Asia

Daniel Rodriguez-Segura is an economist currently in the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program, working in the Education and Skills Global Practice in Europe and Central Asia. He works at the intersection of data analytics, impact evaluation, and operations to support better education outcomes. At the World Bank, he has supported analytical and operational work in Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, and Kosovo on topics including education finance, AI-supported tutoring, refugee inclusion through education systems, and early childhood education. Before joining the World Bank, he conducted research and impact evaluations for governments and development partners across Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, informing program design and policy decisions in a range of education contexts. His academic research has focused on foundational learning in low- and middle-income countries, spanning tutoring and small-group instruction, measurement, curriculum reform, edtech and AI in education, GIS for education planning, and learning inequality and heterogeneity. Originally from Costa Rica, he holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia.