Luma Souza Ramos

Doutora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, na área de concentração: Macroeconomia e Economia Monetária. Possui mestrado em Ciência Econômica pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2014) e graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2011). Suas principais áreas de pesquisa são: financiamento para o desenvolvimento, bancos de desenvolvimento, Green Finance e estabilidade financeira.

Luma Ramos is a development economics professional holding a Ph.D. in macroeconomics and monetary theory from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with more than six years of experience conducting projects for development financial institutions (BNDES, IADB, CAF), public policy think tanks, and international organizations in Latin America and The Caribbean (LAC). She is currently an external consultant for the Economic Commission for Latin America and The Caribbean (ECLAC) on projects related to financing low carbon urban mobility systems in LAC. Her recent writings discuss innovative financial instruments to fund sustainable development in Latin America, focusing on how these mechanisms could mitigate financial and non-financial risks and unlock private resources. Publications include reports, chapters in books, articles and discussion papers published by ECLAC (UN), IADB, UNCTAD, and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (Columbia University). She also has previous experience as a visiting scholar at Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY (Aug. 2017-May 2018), and as a research assistant at the Multidisciplinary Institute for Development and Strategies MINDS, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2015).