Florencia Lopez Boo
Florencia Lopez Boo holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford, UK. She is currently a Professor of Economics and Applied Psychology and the Director of Global TIES for Children Center at New York University (NYU). Before joining NYU, she was at the Inter-American Development Bank for 15 years, where she led the Early Childhood Development group and an initiative on behavioral economics. She advises dozens of governments in low- and middle-income countries on the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies on child development, social protection and health. She is founding member of the Latin-American Economics Association Behavioral Insights network. She has published articles in specialized journals such as the Lancet, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Development Economics. She is a member of various global boards.
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