Feature Team Members

Daniela Behr is an Economist of the Women, Business and the Law Project. She currently leads the team’s research on women’s legal capacity regarding freedom of movement, property rights, and entrepreneurship. Daniela joined the Women, Business and the Law team in July 2022. Before joining the team, Daniela has worked in various capacities at the World Bank Group since 2018 co-leading a research project on affordable housing, conducting impact assessments of IFC’s investments in financial institutions, and working on indicator development related to agribusiness regulations. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Daniela was a research fellow at University of Konstanz and George Washington University and a human rights and gender specialist with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Daniela studied in Konstanz, Madrid, and Toronto and holds a PhD in political economy from the University of Konstanz. She is fluent in German and conversant in Spanish.