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UNHCR Senior Economist<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Theresa Beltramo is a Senior Economist for the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Bureau and previously was the Senior Economist\/ Head of Research and Analytics within the UNHCR\u2019s Division of Resilience and Solutions. A Ph.D. and Masters in Economics, she has nearly two decades experience as a senior advisor and project manager for multilateral organizations, private companies and academic institutions contributing to the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies and programmes. Her research covers topics in development economics, behavioral economics, welfare and social protection resulting in numerous economics journal publications.<\/span><\/p>\n Theresa is currently also an academic fellow at the University of Geneva School of Economics and Management and has ongoing research projects in countries in Africa and Asia related to a wide range of topics in development economics including optimal targeting of assistance, impact evaluations of development and humanitarian programs, innovative ways to measure multidimensional poverty in forcibly displaced settings, and longitudinal panel survey across refugees and hosts. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can follow <\/span>@BeltramoTheresa on T<\/span>witter and <\/span>theresabeltramo<\/span><\/a> on LinkedIn.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f4f4f4″ custom_padding=”42px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Education as a catalyst for refugee and host community integration in Kenya<\/a><\/p>\n Understanding the new Malian refugees in Mauritania: a path forward amid growing challenges<\/a><\/p>\n Refugees enjoy better integration when they and their hosts are more financially secure<\/a><\/p>\n Collecting data on the forcibly displaced is essential for better inclusion<\/a><\/p>\n Refugee children are disproportionately poorer (and thus more vulnerable) than other household members and as a result require a larger share of social assistance to meet their basic needs<\/a><\/p>\n Understanding successful social and economic integration \u2013 an example from Uganda<\/a><\/p>\n Compelling evidence that the graduation approach promotes economic and social integration in displacement settings: the case of Mozambique<\/a><\/p>\n New high-frequency data highlights COVID-19\u2019s major impact on livelihoods and food insecurity in Costa Rica<\/a><\/p>\n Rapid phone surveys in Kenya show disproportionately negative impact on refugees<\/a><\/p>\n COVID-19 socioeconomic impact worsens for refugees in Uganda<\/a><\/p>\n Investment in comparable socioeconomic data for forcibly displaced and hosts yields tangible outcomes in improving people\u2019s lives<\/a><\/p>\n After three decades, how are refugees in Kenya\u2019s Kakuma refugee camp faring?<\/a><\/p>\nBlog posts by Theresa<\/h2>\n