Cecilia Calderon

Statistics Specialist

Cecilia’s topics of research include the calculation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index for all countries, with particular interest in analyzing multidimensional poverty in children, the Human Development Index, inequalities in income and education and gender inequalities. Before joining HDRO, Cecilia has worked at the Population Council, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (CEDLAS), Argentina. Cecilia holds a Ph.D. and a Master in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Her Ph.D. dissertation analyses the relationship between the nutritional status of the mothers and its impact of the growth and development of their children.