Lore Vandewalle is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where she holds a Pictet Chair for Finance and Development.
Lore’s research mainly focuses on financial inclusion, micro-enterprise development and gender in India, Bangladesh and Uganda. She has also been working on political reservations and public good provision in India.
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