Network on Inequality and Poverty

The LACEA/IDB/WORLD BANK Network on Inequality and Poverty is a joint initiative that aims to advance the state of knowledge and expertise regarding the causes and consequences of poverty, inequality, and social exclusion, and the whole range of policies, institutions, and social structures that influence their dynamics as well as the impact of public action.

The structure of the Executive Committee for the next year

Matias Busso

Inter-American Development Bank

Network Head

Scientific Committee

Josefa Aguirre (PUC Chile)
Diether Beuermann (Inter-American Development Bank)
Daniel Da Mata (Sao Paulo School of Economics – FGV)
Veronica Frisancho (CAF, Development Bank of LAC)
Alvaro Garcia-Marin (Universidad de los Andes Chile)
Mahalia Jackman (University of the West Indies)
Maria Lombardi (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

Annual Meetings

  • Closed — Deadline: January 31, 2026

    Workshop on inequality and Poverty

    The University of the West Indies, Barbados | 19-20 May, 2026

  • Closed — Deadline: September 20, 2025

    16th Conference of the LACEA NIP – Uruguay Chapter

    Montevideo, Uruguay – 11st November 2025

  • Closed — Deadline: February 15, 2025

    Inequality & Poverty

    Lima, Peru, 13-14 May 2025

  • 2024 May Forum

    Inequality & Poverty

    Santiago de Chile, Chile, May 14-15, 2024

  • 2023 May Forum

    Inequality & Poverty

    CAF offices, Montevideo, May 16-17, 2023