Beatriz Armendariz –Professor at the University College London and Harvard University

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Beatriz Armendariz Professor at the University
College London and Harvard University
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Beatriz Armendariz Professor at the University
College London and Harvard University

• Beatriz Armendariz is a senior lecturer in
  Economics at University College London and holds
  Ph.D. in Economics from EHESS, Paris, France.
  Currently, she has been appointed as summer
  school professor at University of the Andes
  (Columbia) - a co-educational private university
  located in city center, Bogota, Columbia. It was
  founded in 1948 and has 9 faculties, including
  Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts and
  Humanities, Sciences, Law, Social Sciences,
  Economics, and Engineering and Medicine. In
  addition, the University offers an international
  summer school program that gives students an
  opportunity to expand their international
  perspective by attending special courses in
  specialized areas.

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Beatriz Armendariz- Member of Board of Directors,
Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation

• Beatriz Armendariz is associated with Grameen
  Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation as Member
  of its Board of Directors. The mission of this
  foundation is to fight against the poverty by
  encouraging financial inclusion of most
  disadvantaged individuals and their access to
  essential goods. It promotes the development of
  local microfinance institutions and social
  businesses in developing nations.

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Research Fellow at Center For European Research
In Microfinance (CERMi)

• Moreover, Beatriz Armendariz also works as
  Research Fellow at the Center for European
  Research in Microfinance. CERMi focuses on
  promoting academic research to support key
  stakeholders in microfinance industry, including
  NGOs, donors, cooperatives and financial
  institutions. It also aims at developing suitable
  frameworks to examine existing microfinance
  practices.

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Lecturer at Harvard University

• Beatriz Armendariz is also a lecturer at Harvard
  University- an American private Ivy League
  research University that was founded in 1636 by
  the Massachusetts legislature. Known as the
  oldest institution of higher learning in the
  U.S., Harvard University comprises 11 separate
  academic units including 10 faculties and the
  Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, with
  campuses located throughout the Boston
  metropolitan area.a

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Books and articles

• Beatriz Armendariz has co-written the Economics
  of Microfinance, 2nd Edition, along with Morduch,
  J. (2010), and Handbook of Microfinance, London
  (World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd.) along
  with Labie, M. Some other publications by
  lecturer Armendariz includes Gender Empowerment
  in Microfinance, joint with Philippe Aghion
  Poverty and Development a New Growth
  Perspective, joint with Philippe Aghion (2002)
  and Peer Group Formation in An Adverse Selection
  Model (with Christian Gollier), The Economic
  Journal (2000).

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Beatriz Armendariz Received Raul Bailleres
Academic Award (2006-2007)

• Beatriz Armendariz, a well qualified
  professional, holds years of experience in
  serving as a Lecturer at several prestigious
  educational institutions. She holds a Bachelor of
  Arts degree in Economics from Instituto
  Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico.
  She later joined the University of Cambridge, UK,
  and thereby completed her M. Phil in Economics in
  1986. Besides, she also holds a doctorate in
  Economics from EHESS, Paris, France, with
  Dissertation on Foreign Debt Negotiations An
  Historical and Theoretical Analysis.

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Founding Member - Grameen Credit Agricole
Microfinance Foundation, Paris

• Beatriz Armendariz is the Founding Member of
  Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation,
  Paris, and also serves on its Board of Directors.
  Apart from this, she is a Research Fellow and
  Member of the Scientific Committee for the Center
  for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi).
  From 2010 to 2011, she served as a Senior
  Lecturer in Economics, University College London,
  United Kingdom. Besides, she was also a Lecturer
  in Economics at Harvard University, USA.

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Lecture In Economics At University College London
(1999-2000)

• Over the course of her career, Beatriz Armendariz
  has held several prominent positions at several
  reputed educational institutions. From 2007 to
  2008, she was a Visiting Professor at Solvay
  Brussels School of Economics, Business, and
  Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
  Brussels, Belgium. Apart from this, she served as
  a Research Associate for the Organization for
  Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
  Development Centre, Paris, France, from 1989 to
  1991. Besides, Beatriz also worked as a Teaching
  Assistant at ITAM Research Officer at INEGI
  (Mexico).

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Co-Authored The Economics of Microfinance, First
Edition (2005)

• Beatriz Armendariz has significantly contributed
  in a large number of publications. She
  co-authored The Economics of Microfinance, First
  Edition (2005), and Second Edition (2010), with
  Jonathan Morduch. Apart from this, along with
  Ariane Szafarz, she has made a significant
  contribution in the paper, Microfinance Mission
  Drift? This paper highlights the poorly
  understood phenomenon in microfinance which is
  often referred to as a mission drift, i.e. a
  tendency reviewed by several microfinance
  institutions to extend larger average loan sizes
  in the process of scaling up.

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Conferred Brains Back in Brussels Research
Grant

• Beatriz Armendariz was conferred the Brains Back
  in Brussels research grant by the Government of
  Brussels, Belgium. Besides, she is also the
  (2006-2007) recipient of the Raul Bailleres
  Academic Award, given by ITAM Mexico, D.F.,
  Mexico.

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Thank You