Beatriz Armendariz is an exceedingly knowledgeable individual who has received several titles and accolades. She has also earned praise and numerous awards in her lifetime. She was honored with research grants and academic awards by Belgian and Mexican institutes. Beatriz Armendariz also likes to read books of writers belonging to different parts of the globe.
2. Beatriz Armendariz – A
Lecturer In Economics
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).
3. 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”.
4. 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); & 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, & then as Senior
Lecturer in Economics at University College
London,UK.
5. Beatriz Armendariz – The Recipient Of
Various Grants And Awards
Beatriz Armendariz is an exceedingly knowledgeable
individual who has received several titles & accolades.
She has also earned praise and numerous awards in
her lifetime. She was honored with research grants &
academic awards by Belgian and Mexican institutes.
Beatriz Armendariz also likes to read books of writers
belonging to different parts of the globe. She has also
worked as a visiting professor at Brussels in Belgium
and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology at
Cambridge in USA. In 2009, Beatriz Armendariz
received “Brains Back in Brussels” research grant
from the Government of Brussels, Belgium. She also
won Raul Bailleres Academic Award” given by ITAM
Mexico, D.F., Mexico (2006-2007).
6. Publications
Beatriz Armendariz co-authored The Economics of
Microfinance, First Edition (2005) & 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.
7. 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.
