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Amparo Palacios-López

    World Bank

Amparo Palacios-López is an Economist in the Development Data Group of the World Bank. Her primary area of research is agricultural and rural development, with a focus on gender, labor, and welfare. As a member of the LSMS-ISA team, she supports the project activities in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda and provides feedback for upcoming surveys. She is also the co-coordinator of the “Agriculture in Africa – Telling Facts from Myths,” research study that uncovers, verifies, and updates stylized facts associated with African agriculture. She conducts data analysis and is involved in the harmonization of a wide range of indicators across the six LSMS-ISA countries. She has a Ph.D. in Agriculture and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and holds both an M.A. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an M.S. in Agriculture and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.   

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  • Measuring Labour in Farm Households in Africa

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  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 6

    Not Your Average Job
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 15

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  • Journal of Development Economics, 130, 160-172

    Not Your Average Job

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