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 [...]

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This space includes information on the evolution of a set of relevant macroeconomic variables of the Spanish economy.

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This section contains the historical series of the Spanish economy from 1850 to the present day, the result of the research carried out throughout his academic career by Professor Leandro Prados de la Escosura. The format in which the data are presented and the instruments offered for their analysis in this space allow the user to gain a deeper knowledge of our economic history and to go through the different periods of expansion and crisis that the Spanish economy has experienced since the mid-19th century. It also offers a comparative view of GDP and population since the end of the 13th century.

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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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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 2020, and offers useful analysis tools, such as series editors and data comparison and presentation systems, for teachers, researchers and people interested in the comparative study of the levels of human development and its components in the world.

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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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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 of analysis for teachers, researchers and people interested in the comparative study of the levels of economic freedom and its components in the world, such as editors of the series and systems of comparison and presentation of data.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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Professor Rafael del Pino at the Foundation for Ophthalmological Research

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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 sphere, the source of scientific and technological knowledge that radiates into society through research transfer and educational outreach. But it is also the necessary fruit of a historic moment and of the will of institutions and entities to ensure that the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution benefit citizens.

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