Carolina Trivelli holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University. She graduated as an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She currently works as a senior researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) and as a consultant for various international organizations. She served as the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru from 2011 to 2013. In Peru, she forms part of the Board of Directors of KUNAN, Sembrando Juntos, the civil association Transparencia, Proética and Sepia. At the international level, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics and forms part of the Advisory Committee of the Id4D initiative (World Bank); she also chairs the International Advisory Council of the Latin American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP). She is a member of the Advisory Committee of Aequales and of the PUCP School of Management. She also forms part of the Advisory Commission for the Estimation of Poverty of the National Institute of Statistics (INEI) of Peru and of the Fiscal Council of Peru. She is a columnist for the Economics section of El Comercio newspaper and a member of the editorial committee of Hacer Perú.
