International trade · International migration · Economic development

Camilo Umana Dajudresearcher at the French Institute for Economics

IFE · a Sciences Po research center · Paris

I study how distance in all its forms — treaties, visas, sea lanes, politics — shapes trade, migration and development. Ph.D. from Sciences Po; past stops at Princeton, Yale, the LSE and the OECD.

Cartoon portrait of Camilo Umana Dajud in his office — fig. 01 — the researcher

Frontispiece — one shipment, one visaMumbai 19°04′N → Paris 48°51′N

An exporter in Mumbai has buyers waiting in Paris. Her samples can fly tomorrow; she must apply.

Her samples made it in two days. She arrived on day 43.

The research — visas cut bilateral trade by ~25%; easing business travel lifts it ~15%. JDE 2019 · JEG 2025

Research

Trade agreements, visas and borders, maritime routes — published and working papers.

Policy

Work for the OECD, CEPII letters, and columns for a wider audience.

Atlas

Interactive maps of the world's trade agreements, visa regimes and shipping routes.

FtaCoder

A text-analysis tool that reads free trade agreements — try it in the browser.