Beatriz Armendariz is an experienced professional in economics with degrees from several prestigious universities. She has held teaching and research positions at Harvard University, University College London, and elsewhere. Notable achievements include co-authoring the book "The Economics of Microfinance" and receiving the Raul Bailleres Academic Award in 2006-2007.

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

2. 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”.

3. 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.

4. 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); Visiting Scholar
in Economics Department of MIT, Cambridge; Lecturer in
Economics at London School of Economics; Visiting
Professor at Toulouse School of Economics (France); and
as Lecturer in Economics at University College London,
UK.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Thank You!