Beatriz Armendariz

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Beatriz Armendariz Founding Member Of Grameen
Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation
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Beatriz Armendariz Founding Member Of Grameen
Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation
Beatriz Armendariz is a highly qualified
individual, with vast amount of experience
working as a Lecturer in several leading
educational institutions. She is the Founding
Member of Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance
Foundation, Paris and serves on its Board of
Directors. She is also a Research Fellow and
Member of the Scientific Committee for the Center
for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi).
Her current academic positions are Senior
Lecturer in Economics at the University College
London, UK (2010 to 2011), and Lecturer in
Economics at Harvard University, USA (2010 to
2011).
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Academic background
Beatriz Armendariz attended ITAM, Mexico to
pursue her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics
(1984) and thereafter enrolled at the University
of Cambridge, UK (1986) to complete her M. Phil
in Economics. She also holds Ph.D in Economics
from EHESS, Paris, France, with Dissertation on
Foreign Debt Negotiations An Historical and
Theoretical Analysis.
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Professional experience
Throughout her career, Beatriz Armendariz has
held several prominent positions at different
educational institutes. She served as Teaching
Assistant at ITAM as Research Officer at INEGI
(Mexico) as Visiting Scholar in Economics
Department of MIT, Cambridge as Lecturer in
Economics at London School of Economics as
Visiting Professor at Toulouse School of
Economics (France) and as Lecturer in Economics
at University College London, UK. From 2000 to
2002, she served as a Research Fellow at the
Center for International Development, Harvard
University, and then as Senior Lecturer in
Economics at University College London, UK.
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Publications
Beatriz Armendariz co-authored The Economics of
Microfinance, First Edition (2005), and Second
Edition (2010), with Jonathan Morduch. Her
forthcoming books are The Handbook of
Microfinance, with Marc Labie, and The Economics
of Contemporary Latin American Economy, with
Felipe Larrain. Currently, she is working on
various field projects, most notably on
Environmentally-friendly Rural Farming in
Burundi, with Ephrem Niyongabo of Universite de
Mons, Belgium. Some publications by Beatriz
Armendariz are Gender Empowerment in
Microfinance, joint with Nigel Roome Peer
Group Formation in an Adverse Selection Model,
with Christian Gollier, The Economic Journal
Microfinance Beyond Group Lending, with
Jonathan Morduch, The Economics of Transition
and more.
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The Recipient of various grants and awards
In 2009, Beatriz Armendariz received Brains Back
in Brussels research grant from the Government
of Brussels, Belgium. In addition to this, she
also won Raul Bailleres Academic Award given by
ITAM Mexico, D.F., Mexico (2006-2007).
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Thank You!