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.

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. Beatriz Armendariz Holds An M. Phil in
Economics from The University Of Cambridge
Beatriz Armenadarizis a Lecturer at Harvard
University (USA) and University College London (UK),
She has pursued her education from some of most
prestigious educational institutes. She completed her
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from ITAM,
Mexico, and her M. Phil in Economics from the
University of Cambridge, UK. Thereafter, she attended
EHESS, Paris and completed her Ph. D in Economics,
with Dissertation on the topic of “Foreign Debt
Negotiations: An Historical and Theoretical Analysis”.

6. 
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”.

7. 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”.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 
Currently, Beatriz Armendariz is working on various
field projects, most notably on Environmentally-friendly
Rural Farming in Burundi, with Ephrem Niyongabo of
Universitede 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.

11. Thank You