Leila Albuquerque Rocha Pereira

Currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Cátedra Fundação Lemann). Previously, she worked as a Senior Analyst at the Financial Instruments team at Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio). She conducted research to measure the impact of different agricultural credit and insurance policies on land use, agricultural productivity, and the environment. She also served as a Senior Analyst at LCA Consultores in the Market Intelligence area performing data analysis and econometric modeling for large companies from different sectors. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), a Master's in Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (EESP-FGV), and a Ph.D. in Economics from Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa. Her research focus is on Applied Microeconomics and on topics such as Economic Development, Violence, Political Economy and the Environment. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)