Maria Cristhina Llerena Pinto
- Growth, inequality and poverty
- Economic change and vulnerability
- Agriculture, land use, climate change
- Health
- Ecuador
University Central of Ecuador, Ecuador
Tenured Assistant Professor and Head of the statistics and econometric department- 2016 to 2021 (part-time)
Taught a total of 12 undergraduate courses, mainly focused on basic and intermediate econometrics. Have been Second Reader several times.
Catholic University of Ecuador, Ecuador
Assistant Professor - 2012 to 2020 (part-time)
Taught a total of 20 undergraduate courses, mainly focused on advanced econometrics. Supervised 13 BA theses. Have been Second Reader 14 times.
University of Piura, Peru
Visiting Assistant Professor - 2012 to 2017
Taught a total of 11 undergraduate courses mainly focused on basic, intermediate, and advanced econometrics.
Polytechnic School of Chimborazo, Ecuador
Visiting Assistant Professor - 2015
Taught a total of 3 postgraduate courses, mainly focused on advanced econometrics. Advance Econometric
chris_llere@yahoo.es
Labor demand Consultant - jun/2020 to 2021
World Bank and SENESCYT, Ecuador
Estimate and project labor demand in Ecuador (2021-2025)
Conduct a literature review
Estimate and analyze the results of forecast econometric models
Products and External Services Consultant - nov/2020 to feb/2021
Inter-American Development Bank- IDB, Washington, USA and Ecuador
Analyze the IDB Lab’s Development Effectiveness Approach, including its results framework, the iDelta, and the Corporate Result Framework. Analyze the thematic areas documents
Conduct a literature review about knowledge, innovation, and scaling
Conduct a literature review about projects that involve agricultural technology, projects that seek to improve urban well-being, and their main impacts on society (including benefits for poor and vulnerable populations)
Participate in team meetings and interviews
Chief Economist - Data Scientist - 2012 to 2020
Economica CIC – Quantitative Research Center, Ecuador
Lead, coordinate, and develop research projects and consultancies for the World Bank WB, Inter-American Development Bank IDB, World Food Program WFP, The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, among others.
Develop and estimate robust economic, econometric, and statistical models to support Public policy and decision-making.
Conduct investigation projects using qualitative and quantitative methods: economics and public finance, poverty, inequality, education, malnutrition, gender violence, and women empowerment
Program and project design, monitoring, and evaluation (impact evaluation
Cost-benefit analysis
Econometric models
Design surveys, data collection tools, and data collection
Conduct data mining, data modeling, statistical and micro econometric analysis (trends, correlations, or causal effects)
Development of methodologies
Interpret and analyze data to identify key metrics and transform raw data into meaningful information
Visualize results
Public Policy recommendations and designs
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and statistical software packages like STATA and SPSS
Interactions with internal and external clients, the media and policy makers
Document findings and prepare reports and documents to policy makers
Research Associate. CEQ Institute. https://commitmentoequity.org/our-team/
General Coordinator - 2018
National Institute of Educational Evaluation, Ecuador
Supervise the educational evaluation processes
Lead the largest educational evaluation process in Ecuador “Ser Bachiller”, reaching the best efficiency indicators
Define lines of educational research for the Institute
Analyze educational data to support institute goals
Define public policy
Financial Advisor - 2012
Ministry of Coordination of Economic Policy, Ecuador
Lead and develop robust financial models
Conduct data mining, data modeling, statistical and financial analysis
Evaluate lines of credit and public banking products
Definition of public finance guides
Model and forecast trends of banking indicators
Research Assistant – 2010 to 2011
University Torcuato di Tela, Argentina
Conduct a comprehensive literature review
Assist in the creation of scientific publications and technical reports by providing research support for senior staff
Perform statistical, financial and econometric analyses using Excel, R, or Stata
Research assistant for the study “Globally Distributed Production and the Pricing of CME Commodity Futures”
Research Specialist – 2009
Center for Tobacco Research, Uruguay
Descriptive and multivariate analysis of data
Perform statistical and econometric analyses using Stata
Lead the investigation project “Economic Research of Tobacco”
Master in Econometrics, Academic Excellence Scholarship – 2011
University Torcuato di Tella, Argentina
Master in Finance, Approved with honors – 2019
University of Chile, Chile
Bachelor of Economics and Finance, Academic Excellence Scholarship & Summa Cum Laude – 2007
University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Cuantitative methods
Academic Excellence Scholarship
DAAD Scholarship, Germany - PhD at the Center for Development Research ZEF
SENESCYT Scholarship, Ecuador - Master in Econometrics
USFQ Scholarship, Ecuador - Bachelor of Economics and Finance
Research Associate
Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Institute CEQ - Tulane University
Climate Change Impact on poverty, inequality, and food security in Latin American countries, considering an analysis with a gender focus
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD
PhD at the Center for Development Research ZEF
doctoral work
Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim
Prof. Alisher Mirzabaev
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