Sandra V. Rozo

I work as a Senior Economist in the Research Group at the World Bank. My research specializes in development economics, political economy, and labor. It informs evidence-based policies that aim to drive positive change in two key areas: forced migration and the policies that support both migrants and their host communities, and the impact of crime, violence, and conflict in developing countries. 

In addition to my role at the World Bank, I am affiliated with several leading research institutions. I am a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Economic and Social Research and the Schaeffer Center at the University of Southern California. I am also a mentor at the Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics, collaborate with the Households in Conflict Network and am a Founding Member of the Humans LACEA Network. I am also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Development Economics.

My current projects span Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa, including work on randomized control trials (RCTs) in Jordan, Ethiopia, and Colombia. I co-founded several key research initiatives, such as the VenRePs Study of Venezuelan forced migrants in Colombia, the VenRePs-Kids study of children, and the Syrian Refugee Life Study in Jordan. Additionally, I contributed to the World Development Report 2023 on Migrants, Refugees, and Societies.

You can connect with me via email at sandrarozo@worldbank.org or follow my updates on X at @svrozo.