Dr María del Pilar López-Uribe
Co-Investigator, Transformation and Empowerment
Universidad de los Andes
Maria is assistant professor in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; Research fellow at the Latin American Centre and Firoz Lalji African Centre, London School of Economics (LSE) is affiliated at the department of International Development, LSE. Her PhD in International Development (LSE) was awarded in 2018. Her research affiliations include the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University in New York, the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE; the Institute of Developing Studies IDS; the Centre for Development Economics at Los Andes. Maria’s research interests include development economics, economic history and political economy in Latin America and Africa.
Areas of interest
Conflict; land; gender; political economy; Latin America; AfricaPublications
- “Coping with Climate risk: A review of adaptation to climate change through a development economic lens”, World Development, 104 (2018): 183-196
- “Geography, Institutions and Development: A Review of the long-run impacts of climate change”, Climate and Development, 5 (8) (2016): 452-470
- “La caja de ahorros: An approximation to the savings patterns in Bogotá, 1848-1864” Ensayos sobre Política Económica, 30 (67) (2012)
- Wages, Public Policy and Living Standards in Bogotá 1900-1950, (Salarios, Vida Cotidiana y Condiciones de Vida en Bogotá 1900-1950) (Universidad de los Andes, 2011)
- “Land Conflicts, Property Rights and the Rise of the Export Economy in Colombia, 1850–1925”, Journal of Economic History 70 (2) (2010): 378-399