Research professor at CIDE, interested in public policy, federalism, and accountability. Author of Understanding State Governments (Nostra) and Bureaucracy and Democracy (INE). Coordinator of the Transparency Dictionary (INAI). Co-editor of Implementation Variations (CIDE), Transparency Policy in Mexico (CIDE), and The Structure of Accountability in Mexico (UNAM). Compiler of New Public Management (Siglo XXI) and two anthologies of literature on policy implementation (CIDE). Author of articles in Policy Sciences, Public Administration Review, Governance, International Public Management Journal, International Review of Administrative Sciences, among other specialized journals. Member of the National System of Researchers (Level III) and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Academic Advisor at Coneval.