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Mariana Pereira-Lopez

Mariana Pereira-Lopez is a Senior Economist in the Private Markets Group within the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) at the World Bank Group. Her research focuses on firm-level dynamics and productivity, management practices, technology adoption, innovation, entrepreneurship, impact evaluations, competition, and energy efficiency. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from El Colegio de México and has more than sixteen years of experience across government, academia, and international organizations.
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The Foreignness of Africa’s Startup Ecosystem

Emanuele Colonnelli
Startups in Africa rely heavily on an equity market dominated by foreign investors and founders who studied or worked outside the continent. In new research, Emanuele Colonnelli, Marcio Cruz, Mariana Pereira-Lopez, Tommaso Porzio and Chun Zhao show that this dynamic exists because local equity is expensive, the pool of local entrepreneurs seeking out funding is small, and local entrepreneurs have limited access to foreign investors.

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