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Sandra Rozo

Sandra Rozo

Senior Economist, Development Research Group

Areas of Expertise
  • Forced migration and the policies that support both migrants and their host communities
  • Crime, violence, and conflict, including policies to reduce their incidence
  • Longitudinal studies for hard-to-reach populations
  • Social cohesion

Sandra Rozo is a Senior Economist in the Poverty and Inequality Team of the Development Research Group at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. She received a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) and M.A. (Cum Laude) in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, and a Ph.D.? and M.A. in Economics from UCLA. Prior to joining the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, she worked as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. Sandra is a faculty affiliate at?, and a research fellow at?,?,?, and the?. She is a founding member of?Humans LACEA Network?and an associate editor of the Journal of Development Economics.

Sandra's research informs policy around:

1. The?effects of forced migration within hosting economies and the role of policies that foster development?for?migrants?and?their hosting communities.
2. The consequences of violence and conflict and how to