Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

Dr. Gladys Lopez-Acevedo is a Lead Economist at The World Bank in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice for the South Asia and MENA regions, working in the areas of trade, welfare, gender, conflict, and jobs.
Previously, she was a lead economist in the World Bank Chief Economist’s Office for the South Asian region (SARCE), and senior economist in the World Bank Central Vice Presidency Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) unit and in the Latin America region at the firm.
She is a research fellow of the Institute for Labor Economics and at the Mexican National Research System.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Dr. Lopez-Acevedo held high-level positions in the Government of Mexico and she was a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
She holds a BA in economics from ITAM and a PhD in economics from the University of Virginia.