Diana Lopez | Applied Economics | Evidence-based policy | Gender
Education
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Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
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Ph.D., Economics, 2016. "Children's well being, Women's empowerment and Social Programs." Committee: Karen Macours, Sylvie Lambert, Raquel Bernal and Orazio Attanasio
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Master, Analysis, and Policy in Economics, 2011
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Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
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M.S, Economics, 2005
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B.A., Economics, 2003
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Work Experience
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Senior Scientist​​
June 2024 -
CGIAR-Gender Platform (Nairobi, Kenya)
I support the Platform by ensuring the research across all CGIAR centers has an impact on gender equality.
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Economist
March 2020-March 2023, August 2023 - May 2024
Africa Gender Innovation Lab-World Bank (Washington DC, USA)
Supported the design and evaluation of interventions aiming at closing the gender gap and empowering women and adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Gender & Impact Evaluation Specialist (Consultant)
March - July 2023
South Asia Gender Innovation Lab-World Bank (Washington DC, USA)
Support the identification, design, and implementation of impact evaluations of World Bank programs to inform what works to improve women's economic empowerment in South Asia.
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Quantitative Advisor
Jan-Dec 2018
Monitoring and Evaluation Unit-Departamento Nacional de Planeacion (Bogota, Colombia)
Provided technical support to the evaluations of large-scale programs run by the government of Colombia.
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Gender Specialist (Consultant)
Nov 2018-Jan 2019
World Bank (Bogota, Colombia)
Collaborated in producing a Country Gender Assessment (CGA) for Colombia.
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Evaluation Specialist
Jul 2015- March 2018
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) (New Delhi, India)
Reviewed and managed 3ie-funded impact evaluation grants under the Agricultural Innovation and Improving Adolescents' Lives in South Asia Thematic Windows.
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Field Coordinator
Spring 2012
PSE-DIME (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Supported the designing of an impact evaluation of an agriculture technology adoption intervention in Northern Haiti.
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Economic Advisor
Feb-Dec 2006
Instituto para la Investigacion Educativa y el Desarrollo-IDEP (Bogota, Colombia)
Provided technical guidance and support to evaluate the Public-Private Education Model in Bogota.
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