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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Design and conduct evaluations of programs and projects financed by the GEF.• Draft the Annual Evaluation Report to deepen the evidence on GEF’s results and performance through ex-post evaluations and provide real-time feedback on recent shifts in the GEF’s strategy and programming.• Assess adaptation measures involving a set of projects and programs seeking to address the needs of developing countries that are especially exposed to climate change impacts.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provided intellectual contributions for project, thematic and country evaluations within the Private Sector cluster at IEG in the areas of infrastructure, investment climate and financial inclusion (such as Doing Business and IFC’s Additionalities in MIC’s Countries), including leading the country cases of Indonesia, Colombia, and Mexico.• Contributed to the development of robust methodologies and innovative approaches elaborating mixed methods designs through the combination of synthetic analyses, self-evaluation systems, predictive and prescriptive data at the overall portfolio level with in-depth analyses and geospatial references at the country level. • Participated in sector and corporate evaluations by assessing the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group in helping governments to develop sound policies.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Ensured development impact for private sector operations (e.g. quantitative target setting, identifying the most effective approaches in investment projects and advisory services, analyzing project relevance and contributions in creating markets and mobilizing private investment).• Contributed to the implementation of an ex-ante project assessment framework (AIMM) for advisory and investment projects throughout the project cycle.• Assisted regional teams in enabling the entry of the private sector on high-impact projects into fragile countries, particularly in the poorest and most conflict-affected areas of the world.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provided methodological, statistical and econometric expertise in systematic and independent evaluations of IDB Group’s strategies, policies, programs, activities, performance and delivery support systems.• Coordinated evaluation missions, including conducting interviews and collecting experimental and non-experimental data.• Elaborated technical notes and assessment reports, including participation in peer reviews.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Strengthened the institutional capacity of social development agencies in formulating and implementing effective policies to eradicate extreme poverty, and facilitate greater cross-sectoral cooperation on social protection issues.• Implemented an Inter-American cooperation mechanism for the exchange of best practices based on detecting specific country needs and priorities, assembling a portfolio of social protection programs, and matching supply and demand of successful programs and methodologies.• Advised on the formulation and monitoring of the indicators of the Protocol of San Salvador (PSS), recognized as useful tools for the design and evaluation of progressive measures regarding economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) as part of the equity agenda in the Americas.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Designed the methodology for the evaluations of social programs implemented by the Federal Government with the goal of presenting clear and objective data to citizens and beneficiaries.• Conducted empirical research and inference exploration on trends affecting social policy on a broad range of economic topics related to public finance, regulatory policy and open government.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Performed analysis of the impacts of social programs based on quantitative indicators.• Coordinated reports about social policy strategies implemented at the local level based on external evaluations results.

Mexico City, Mexico

• Courses taught at Graduate School: International Development Program Evaluation

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Developed strategic investigation for the interpretation of public opinion data.• Executed estimates of candidates, political parties and governments using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Master'S Degree, Public Policy / Social Policy, Gpa: 3.9

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science