Maria Basílio completed her PhD in Management in 2011 at the Universidade de Lisboa, a Master’s in Management in 2002 at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, and a Bachelor’s in Business Management in 1995 at the Universidade de Évora. She served as an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja until January 2025 and is now affiliated with the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (Department of Accounting and Finance). She has published 6 journal articles, contributed to 4 book sections, and authored 1 book. Her research focuses on the Social Sciences, with an emphasis on Economics and Finance. In her professional activities, she has collaborated with 17 co-authors on scientific papers. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological, and cultural output are: Development finance, Public-Private Partnerships, Developing countries, Low- and middle-income countries, Infrastructure, Binary and sample selection models, Risk, Multilateral development banks, Data Envelopment Analysis, Municipalities, Efficiency, Social Impact Bonds, and Impact Investing.