Olga Biosca

Room: 109
Consultation and feedback time: Tuesday 9.00-10.00 and 15.00-16.00
Telephone: + 44 (0)114 222 3421
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 3458

email : ecp07ob@sheffield.ac.uk

Olga graduated with a BSc and MSc in Economics at the University Autonoma of Madrid, Spain. Her professional experience involves working as a social specialist for the Spanish Development Finance Institution as well as implementing microfinance consultancy projects.

PhD Summary

Non-financial Microfinance Services in Chiapas, Mexico
Supervised by Prof. Paul Mosley and Dr. Pamela Lenton

• Paper 1: The impact of credit¬-plus services on income and poverty
• Paper 2: The impact of credit-plus services on social capital
• Paper 3: Cost-benefit analysis and the compatibility of non-financial services with other development programs

Presented at

• XXXV Simposio of the Spanish Economic Association, University Autonoma of Madrid. December 2010
• International Conference of Global Partnerships in Microfinance, University of Greenwich. September 2010
• Microfinance Dialogues 2010: University Meets Microfinance (UMM), Leibniz Universität Hanover. June 2010
• Internal Seminar Series Department of Economics, University of Sheffield. April 2010

Research Interests

• Microfinance
• Development Finance
• Development Economics: Poverty and income distribution

Teaching

• ECN105 Economic Analysis and Policy
• ECN107 Economic Analysis and Policy II