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Featured Spanish economy
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ECO Report 2026 (April)
The Business Cycle Observatory, an initiative of BBVA Research, Fedea and the Rafael del Pino Foundation, have jointly launched the fifteenth edition of the Observatory on the Business Cycle in Spain, entitled «Business Cycle and House Prices in Spain». This Observatory analyses and quantifies the influence of a wide range of factors on...
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ECO 2025 Report (November)
The Business Cycle Observatory, an initiative of BBVA Research, Fedea and the Rafael del Pino Foundation, have jointly launched the fourteenth edition of the Observatory on the Business Cycle in Spain, entitled «Productivity performance in Spain and its causes». This Observatory analyses and quantifies the influence of a wide range of factors on...
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ECO 2025 Report (May)
The Business Cycle Observatory, an initiative of BBVA Research, Fedea and the Rafael del Pino Foundation, have jointly launched the thirteenth edition of the Observatory on the Business Cycle in Spain, entitled "Comportamiento cíclico del PIB hasta el primer trimestre de 2025 e incertidumbre arancelaria" (Cyclical behaviour of GDP up to the first quarter of 2025 and tariff uncertainty). This Observatory analyses and quantifies the influence...
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ECO 2024 Report (October)
The Business Cycle Observatory, an initiative of BBVA Research, Fedea and the Rafael del Pino Foundation, have jointly launched the twelfth edition of the Observatory on the Business Cycle in Spain, entitled "El comportamiento cíclico del PIB y del consumo hasta el segundo trimestre de 2024" (The cyclical behaviour of GDP and consumption up to the second quarter of 2024). This Observatory analyses and quantifies the...
Featured world economy
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Comparative Position in the World
The world economy is continuously exposed to structural macroeconomic shocks of different nature that impact with different intensity and direction on variables such as GDP, international trade, employment, competitiveness, etc.
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Human Development In The World
The Rafael del Pino Foundation has promoted research on human development in the world from a long-term perspective and has supported the development of the Augmented Human Development Index (AHDI), elaborated by Professor Leandro Prados de la Escosura. This space collects the results for more than 160 countries, between 1870 and...
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Global Economy: Figures
The world economy is continuously exposed to structural macroeconomic shocks of different nature that impact with different intensity and direction on variables such as GDP, international trade, employment, competitiveness, etc.
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Economic Freedom In The World
The Foundation has promoted the rigorous study of the levels of economic freedom prevailing in numerous countries around the world and has supported the development of the Historical Index of Economic Freedom (HIEL) developed by Professor Leandro Prados de la Escosura. This space collects the results for 21 countries in this Index and offers useful tools for...
Featured other social sciences
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Saudi Arabia and Iran in the shadow of a regional war
The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship of the Kennedy School at Harvard University published the paper by Juan José Escobar Stemmann, Fellow Rafael del Pino-MAEC 2023/24, Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Shadow of a Regional War, the result of his research at Harvard University. Juan José Escobar holds a law degree from...
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Democracy and liberal order in the world
The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship of the Kennedy School at Harvard University publishes the paper by Nicolás Cimarra Etchenique, Fellow Rafael del Pino-MAEC 2022/23, Democracy and Liberal Order in the World in the Face of the Rise of Authoritarianism, the result of his research at Harvard University. Nicolás Cimarra joined the Foreign Service...
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NATO and climate change
The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship of the Kennedy School at Harvard University publishes the paper by Lucía García Rico, Rafael del Pino-MAEC 2021/22 Fellow, NATO and Climate Change: A Climatized Perspective on Security, the result of her research at Harvard University. Lucía García Rico joined the Spanish Diplomatic Corps in 2006...
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Europe and the Green Deal
The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship of the Kennedy School at Harvard University publishes the paper by Álvaro Renedo, Rafael del Pino-MAEC 2019/20 Fellow, Transatlantic Dialogue: The Missing Link in Europe's Post-Covid-19 Green Deal?, in collaboration with Juergen Braunstein, Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
Featured science and technology
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Deep-tech Entrepreneurship in Spain
As a result of the collaboration between the MIT and the Rafael del Pino Foundation, we present the report Deep-Tech Entrepreneurship in Spain, which analyses the Spanish scenario for the development of these technologies and outlines a strategy for Spain in this field. Technical information:
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Rafael del Pino Chair in Neurosciences
The Rafael del Pino Foundation and the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Puerta de Hierro University Hospital signed a collaboration agreement for the creation of a Rafael del Pino Chair of Neurosciences dedicated to clinical research in the field of spinal cord injury, led by Dr. Jesús Vaquero at the Puerta de Hierro Hospital.
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Rafael del Pino Chair at the Foundation for Ophthalmological Research
Professor Rafael del Pino at the Foundation for Ophthalmological Research
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Chair in Science and Society
The aim of the Chair in Science and Society is to analyse, debate and communicate the impact of science and technology on society. This Chair is linked to the university environment, the source of scientific and technological knowledge that radiates to society through research transfer and educational outreach. But also...