[vc_row width=”stretch_row” full_width=”” vsc_row_type=”” bg_image=”” bg_color=”” vsc_id=”about”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″][vc_single_image image=”4512″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”left-to-right”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7/12″][vc_custom_heading text=”Luis Felipe López-Calva” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23b4252b”][vc_custom_heading text=”Global Director for the World Bank Group’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice (GP) in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions (EFI) Vice Presidency” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left”][vc_separator color=”grey”][vc_column_text]Luis Felipe López-Calva is the Global Director for the World Bank Group’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice (GP) in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions (EFI) Vice Presidency.
López-Calva has over 25 years of professional experience working with international institutions and advising national governments. He rejoined the World Bank in 2022 from the United Nations Development Programme, where he served as UN Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean since 2018.
In his previous tenure at the World Bank, he held various positions including Practice Manager of the Poverty and Equity GP for Europe and Central Asia, Co-Director of the World Development Report 2017 on Governance and the Law, Lead Economist and Regional Poverty Advisor in the Poverty and Equity GP for Europe and Central Asia, and Lead Economist in the Poverty, Equity and Gender Unit in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Directorate for Latin America and the Caribbean.
López-Calva is a Board Member at the Global Development Network (GDN) and a Fellow of the Human Development and Capabilities Association.
His research interests focus on labor markets, poverty and inequality, institutions, and the microeconomics of development. He has published extensively on these issues in peer-reviewed academic journals, books, and policy reports. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Boston University, as well as a Master’s and a PhD in Economics from Cornell University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1622260621327{margin-top: -60px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ventcamp_button title=”View all speakers” style=”custom” custom_text=”#ffffff” custom_background=”#b4252b” custom_border_color=”#b4252b” custom_border_width=”0″ custom_border_radius=”8″ custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” custom_hover_background=”#b4252b” custom_hover_border_color=”#666666″ custom_hover_border_width=”1″ custom_hover_border_radius=”1″ size=”sm” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcoffeeproducersforum.com%23speakers|||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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