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Ana María Ibáñez
Principal Economics Advisor, IDB; Professor, School of Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Ana María Ibáñez is a Principal Economics Advisor at the IDB and a Professor at the School of Economics in Universidad de los Andes. She is the former Dean of the School of Economics at Universidad de los Andes and the Director of the research center (CEDE). Ana María studied a Masters and PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Her research concentrates on the microeconomic analysis of internal conflict and migration. She studies the economic consequences of internal conflict, in particular the costs of war and conflict upon the civil population. The other strand of her research explores the causes and consequences of forced and economic migration.