Palifka,Bonnie Jo

Bonnie J. Palifka is an international anti-corruption scholar. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico) and has been a Lecturer for Yale University. She holds a Bachelor¿s degree in Economics and Latin American studies from the University of Vermont, and a Master¿s degree and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Palifka is the founder and organizer of the Academia against Corruption in the Americas conference; she has consulted for Transparency International and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). She received the Rómulo Garza award for the second edition of Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform (with Susan Rose-Ackerman) and was named Honorary Professor by Universidad UTE. She has spoken at dozens of conferences, including at the World Bank and the QS Reimagine Education conference. She is a member of the SNII and of the International Academic Advisory Board of the International Anti-Corruption Academy. Her current research projects cover Mafiocracy and measuring progress against corruption.