I am a political scientist and Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with more than 20 years of experience in international development. My work focuses on public sector governance, institutional reform, and state modernization across Latin America and the Caribbean.
At the IDB, I have worked on large-scale projects in more than 17 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, leading and supervising broad portfolios of governance and institutional reform operations. My work has included digital government, civil service, transparency and integrity, public management, identification and civil registry systems, control institutions, strategic planning, and improvements in public service delivery.
Earlier in my career at the IDB, I worked extensively on transparency, access to information, institutional integrity, and the governance of natural resources. I led the development of regional initiatives including the Transparency Fund and InvestmentMap, helping translate transparency and open-data reforms into measurable improvements in public sector performance. In Costa Rica, for example, a nationwide experimental evaluation found that projects disclosed through InvestmentMap achieved greater financial and physical progress than projects in the control group.
I have conducted research and published extensively on governance, transparency, institutional reform, and public sector modernization. My publications include the co-edited books Open Government and Targeted Transparency: Trends and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean (2012) and Transparent Governance in an Age of Abundance: Experiences from the Extractive Industries in Latin America and the Caribbean (2014), as well as research on the effects of information disclosure on public investment performance.
Before joining the IDB, I held research and teaching positions at the University of Buenos Aires, the Catholic University of La Plata, and the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
I hold a PhD in International Studies from Torcuato Di Tella University, a Master’s degree in International Studies from the same university, and a degree in Political Science from the Catholic University of La Plata. My academic research focuses on international policy transfer, international organizations, and the role of ideas and expertise in processes of institutional change.
