Lecture Title: Main challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Insights from the Inter-American Development Bank
\n-Welcome remarks (Prof. Tetsuhito Motoyama, Associate Dean of International Affairs Waseda University)
\n-Special lecture by Ms. Ana Mar\u00eda Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Londo\u00f1o, Vice President of IDB (Pressing needs of the region, A weak social contract, and Long-overdue reforms to promote inclusive growth)<\/p>\n
Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, Researchers, and General public<\/p>\n
Language: English *Interpretation will not be available.<\/p>\n
If you wish to attend, please pre-register here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Ms. Ana Mar\u00eda Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Londo\u00f1o, Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). International Office, Waseda University\u3000wint-americas@list.waseda.jp<\/a><\/p>\n Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)<\/a> Waseda University is pleased to announce a special lecture by Ms. Ana Mar\u00eda Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Londo\u00f1o, Vice President of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":78885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354],"tags":[214],"class_list":["post-78878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-intl-office-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78887,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78878\/revisions\/78887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u25c6Guest profile\u25c6<\/h3>\n
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\nMs. Ana Mar\u00eda Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Londo\u00f1o, a citizen of Colombia, was appointed Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge (VPS) as of June 1, 2023. Prior this appointment, Ms. Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Londo\u00f1o was Economics Principal Advisor in VPS since 2019 when she joined the IDB. In this role, she coordinated and supervised the VPS knowledge program in close collaboration with the operational departments, focusing on aligning the multi-annual agenda with the development priorities of the Region.
\nBefore joining the Bank, Ms. Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez was a Professor in the School of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogot\u00e1 since 2003, where she conducted cutting-edge research on migration, rural development, and the consequences of conflict. Additionally, from 2012 2016, she was Dean of the School of Economics at the same university and from 2008 2012 was the Director of the Research Center of the School of Economics (CEDE). She has been a visiting professor and senior fellow at several universities during her career, including Princeton and Yale, and is an accomplished writer of publications and books with particular emphasis on migration, forced displacement and armed conflict.
\nMs. Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez served in the Board of Directors of Grupo \u00c9xito, BBVA-Colombia, Fundaci\u00f3n \u00c9xito and Fundaci\u00f3n Saldarriaga Concha, as well as the Advisory Committee of the United Nation\u2019s Peace Building Fund, and the World Bank\u2019s Commission on Poverty.
\nMs. Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez holds a Ph.D. degree and a Master\u2019s degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.<\/p>\n\u25c6Inquiry\u25c6<\/h3>\n
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