Eliana La Ferrara

Eliana La Ferrara is a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Women in Economics: Eliana La Ferrara on Social Norms and Development

Eliana La Ferrara September 27, 2023

A functioning economy provides people with access to credit, insurance, and, among other things, investment opportunities. But what happens in poor communities where they are landless and have no wealth? Eliana La Ferrara says the social structure within those communities offers the collateral they need to make the economy work. La Ferrara is an award-winning economist and a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

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