Leyden is founded in Costa Rica.
About Leyden
Built on economics.
Looking ahead.
Founded in Costa Rica in 1996, Leyden brings an economic perspective to decisions about development, investment and institutional change.
A focused firm.
A connected network.
Our model brings together senior expertise and a network of professional consultants and strategic firms across Latin America, the Caribbean and other regions.
We translate specialist analysis into clear decisions for technical teams, institutional leaders and nontechnical audiences.
Meet our founderThe firm expands its international orientation.
A renewed positioning connects economic advisory, applied AI and strategic intelligence.
SHARED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Consultants and international institutional experience
Our experience brings together complementary capabilities from consultants we have collaborated with on projects. Meet consultants and collaborators who have supported projects with Oswald and Leyden, including participation through Neural Coders.
Consultants and collaborators
Collaboration with Oswald · Costa Rica · 2014
Vidal Gómez Zúñiga
Economic analysis and investment appraisal
Economist with experience in economic project appraisal, social prices and quantitative analysis. Worked with Oswald Céspedes-Torres on the study estimating Costa Rica’s social discount rate within a public-investment social-pricing methodology.
Collaboration through Neural Coders · FIRA Mexico / SIGES El Salvador
Alex Araya Lobo
Data analytics, AI and project management
Data analytics professional with experience in statistical modelling, natural language processing and data engineering. Participated through Neural Coders in the design of an AI-enabled regulatory tool for FIRA and is listed in a project-management role in the SIGES team documentation.
Collaboration through Neural Coders · FIRA Mexico / SIGES El Salvador
Alejandro Zamora Esquivel
Data science and software development
Data science and software development professional with experience delivering technology projects. Participated through Neural Coders in the FIRA consulting team and is listed as a full-stack software engineer for the management-information module in the SIGES team documentation.
Collaboration with Oswald Céspedes-Torres
José Francisco Pacheco Jiménez
Public finance, social protection and policy evaluation
Economist with experience in public finance, social protection and health financing, public expenditure reviews and programme evaluation. His capabilities include fiscal-space analysis, cost estimation and quantitative modelling to support public-policy decisions. He has collaborated with Oswald Céspedes-Torres on consulting projects.
Collaboration with Leyden · Web development and applied AI
Stephen Céspedes Hernández
Web development and applied AI support
Collaborates with Leyden on website development and maintenance, and on exploring and using artificial intelligence tools to support research and digital work.
These profiles describe project collaborations. They do not imply current employment, availability or membership in a permanent team.
INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Financial Institutions (IFIs)
Selected international financial institutions for which Leyden has carried out consulting assignments.
WBG
World Bank Group
Consulting assignments include the design of an AI-enabled regulatory tool for FIRA in Mexico and work on the SIGES education information system in El Salvador.
IDB
Inter-American Development Bank
Experience includes PRIDI fieldwork in Costa Rica and consulting support for the Comisión Nacional de Valores innovation hub in Argentina.
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