Luciana Servo

Luciana Mendes Santos Servo is a Brazilian economist and researcher. Servo has been the President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) since February 2023 when she was appointed by the Minister of Planning Simone Tebet.

Early career Servo received a doctorate in economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and a masters in economics from the University of São Paulo.

President of IPEA Servo is the third woman and first Black person to lead IPEA.

Tebet was criticized by Anielle Franco, the Minister of Racial Equality, who offered a list of black economists to work for Tebet. From this list, Tebet chose Servo.

Inauguration Her inauguration was attended by Tebet and the Minister of Management Esther Dweck.

Tebet said at her inauguration “Today we have a Ministry of Planning that is presenting the nautical chart to Brazil. We are going to do the PPA [Pluriannual plan] alongside Ipea, Enap [National School of Public Administration], commanded by Minister Esther Dweck, and the IBGE”.

Servo honored Marielle Franco at her inauguration, whose assassination was 5 years old that day. Servo said that “it is unacceptable that, in the 21st century, a woman is murdered for defending the rights of the blackest population and the poorest population, or that she is oppressed as a result of her struggle and political action."

Among the studies that have been carried out under Servo's leadership, IPEA found that free transportation in cities did not increase turnout in the 2022 Brazilian general election and that COVID-19 accelerated Brazil's transition to population decline.