José María Roldán, Chairman of the AEB and its foundation, will present the Federico Prades Award on October 15 to Verónica Frisancho, Senior Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, for her research on financial education taught in schools and its impact on the student environment.
In the second edition of this award for young economists, which will be broadcast online, the winner will present her work on the short- and long-term effects of financial education on students, their parents, and teachers, following an introduction by the jury president, Gonzalo Solana, on the contribution of her research.
A debate will then be opened on the challenges of financial education in times of uncertainty like the present, with Laura Hospido, Economist in the Microeconomic Studies Division at the Bank of Spain; Ildefonso Méndez, Professor at the University of Murcia and Director of the Center for Studies in Non-Cognitive Skills and Economic Evaluation; and Paula Papp, Director of Financial Services at Frontier Economics. The discussion will be moderated by Juan Carlos Delrieu, Director of Strategic Planning and Sustainability at the AEB.
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The Federico Prades Award, endowed with 20,000 euros, recognizes the work of the former economic advisor to the AEB for more than 20 years, during which he decisively contributed to understanding our economy, proposing policies to improve economic and social development, and anticipating the framework in which Spanish financial institutions should develop their business models.
With this award, the AEB aims to support young economists in researching and presenting ideas that stimulate debate and the search for solutions to the challenges facing the financial system, just as Federico Prades did throughout his professional career.
