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Research Interests

  • Development Economics
  • Microfinance
  • International Finance

Other professional activities

  • 2010: Universidad de Boliva en La Paz. Keynote Speaker – Gender Equity in Microfinance.
  • 2010: Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Conference on Microeconomics, Universidad, Colombia.
  • 2010: St Andrew’s Economic Forum. Launching of Second Edition The Economics of Microfinance, MIT Press., and Round Table Participant on Microfinance. Focus: Africa.
  • 2009: Presentation on Microfinance, Universidad Pontifica Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  • 2009 Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation. Field Trip to Dhaka, and Bogra. Microfinance, and Social Business. Danone Communities, and Eye Clinic, Bangladesh
  • 2009 World Savings Bank Institute (WSBI). Conference Presentation: “Identifying Key Stylized Facts To Further Improve Financial Inclusion.” Santiago, Chile.
  • 2009: Universidad Pontifica Católica de Chile, Conference on Microfinance, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  • 2008 World Economic Forum (WEF). Conference Presentation: “Women and Inclusive Growth”, Women’s Leaders Program. Davos, Switzerland.
  • 2008 World Economic Forum (WEF). Conference Presentation: “Finance for All”. Keynote speaker and moderator. Cancún, Mexico.
  • 2007 Charity Rating. Conference Presentation: “Microinsurance and Sustainable Development”. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2007 United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Conference Presentation: “Empowering women through microfinance in Fragile States”. Helsinki, Finland.
  • 1997 Grameen Trust Chiapas, A.C. Founder. Microfinance Non-Governmental Organization, Southern Mexico, Mexico.
  • 1996 AlSol, AC. Microfinance Non-Governmental Organization, Southern Mexico, Mexico.

Educational Background

  • MPhil: Economics, University of Cambridge, UK
  • PhD: Foreign Debt Negotiations: An Historical and Theoretical Analysis, EHESS, Paris

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