EDUCATION PhD in Political Economy July 2008 University of Southern California; CA, USA Field of Specialization: Development Economics and Poverty (Coursework and exams completed in 2005) Master in Business Administration and Master in Public Policy August 2000 Pepperdine University; CA, USA Field of Specialization MBA: International Finance and Technology Field of Specialization MPP: Economic Development Bachelor of Science in Business Administration June 1998 Pepperdine University; CA, USA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Title: Program Leader THE WORLD BANK GROUP; Washington DC, USA November 2004-present Turkey Country Management Unit (March 2016-Current) Social Protection & Labor Global Practice (2010 February) Independent Evaluation Group (2008-2010) Human Development, Social Protection & Labor (2005-2008) Development Economics Group (2004-2005) Task team leader and team member (analytical and operational). Areas of focus: Labor market policies, skills (education and training), migration policy. Social and economic development, social safety nets (cash for work, conditional cash transfers, community driven development). Agriculture and rural development (extension services and irrigation investments). Women s labor force participation, gender equality issues and gender mainstreaming. Refugee response issues. Key activities and tasks: Leading client-bank dialogue on refugee and displaced population concerns. Leading client-bank dialogue on various skills and labor market policies and issues in various countries throughout ECA, South East Asia, and Latin America. Leading operational and technical assistance projects focused on skills, education and employment related reforms.
Leading various regional reports focused on gender equality, safety nets, labor market institutions (labor market flexibility, worker protections, wage related policies, improving women s labor market and economic participation), and immigration reform. Negotiating various technical assistance projects, reimbursable technical assistance, and grant funded projects. Developing new fee-for-service or reimbursable technical assistance projects and opening new lines of business. Obtaining financing from internal and external sources to further the analytical agenda on labor markets and migration. Sharing knowledge and experience with others (mentoring junior staff, planning learning events, serving as Bank and non-bank peer reviewer, and engaging presenting analytical work in academic and non-academic fora). Authoring analytical work suited for peer reviewed academic journals and broad dissemination. Title: Program Director (Interim) and Senior Business Analyst MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE); CA, USA March 2001-December 2003 Operational tasks: Led program development, developed operational strategy manuals and growth plans for the program; raised private funding to benefit minority owned businesses and expand the services offered by the program; increased service reach by broadening target industries, ethnic groups, and women-owned enterprises; and developed new private and public partnerships. Capacity building and dissemination tasks: Trained clients on business development, labor laws and tax concerns; assisted clients (women and ethnic minorities) to access credit and develop business and strategy plans; designed training courses in finance, business management and marketing. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Title: Research Assistant, Lecturer, and Teacher Assistant The RAND Corporation, University of Southern California, and Pepperdine University; CA, USA 1999-2004 Title: Head of Strategic Development Sobresalud.com (a Health Windows subsidiary company); CA, USA 1999-2000 Title: Finance Manager Avion Tooling Manufacturer; CA, USA 1995-1998 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, WORKING PAPERS AND REPORTS
-- The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on the Amount and Type of Child Labor (2015), with Norman Loayza, Tomoko Wada, World Development (2015), (forthcoming) -- Leveraging Immigrant Labour in the Economy (2015), Malaysia Economic Monitor. World Bank report, Washington DC. -- Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Turkish Labor Market (2015), with Mathis Wagner. World Bank Working Paper Series, 7402. Submitted for review. -- Do minimum wages affect employment? Evidence from the manufacturing sector in Indonesia (2015), with Ha Nguyen, Laura Pabon and Liang Choon Wang. IZA Journal of Labor and Development (2015), 4:17. Winner of the Financial Private Sector Development Award. -- Minimum Wages in Selected Emerging Economies (2015), forthcoming in IZA World of Labor (2015). -- Skills for a Modern Ukraine (2015), a report written with Olga Kupets, Noel Muller and Anna Olefir. World Bank Publication. -- Impact of Minimum Wage on Labor Market Dynamics: An Application to Mexico (2015). With Laura Pabon. World Bank Publication. -- Measuring Job Quality: Evidence from Turkey (2015). With Carola Gruen, forthcoming technical paper. -- Institutional Design of Minimum Wage: Best Practices (2015). With Laura Pabon. World Bank Publication. -- Reversing the Brain Drain in Malaysia (2015), with Mauro Testaverde, Caglar Ozden, and Mathis Wagner. World Bank Working Paper Series. -- Local Labor Supply Responses to Immigration (2015) with C. Ozden, M. Testaverde, and M. Wagner. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117(2), 493 521, 2015 -- Developing Skills for Innovation and a High Income Economy in Malaysia: A Technical Assessment of the Current Context and Future Workforce Requirements (2013). A World Bank Report 2013. -- Foreign Workers in Malaysia: Labor Market and Firm Level Analysis (2013) with Mohamed Marouani, Caglar Ozden, Mauro Testaverde, and Mathis Wagner. Malaysian Economic Journal, December 2013. -- Skills for Quality Jobs: A Measurement of the Supply and Demand of Skills in Lao PDR (2013), a report written with Yuki Ikeda, World Bank.
-- A Review of the Minimum Wage in the ASEAN Region (2013), a report written with Laura Pabon and Maria Antonia Remenyi, EAP Social Protection and Labor report. -- Immigration in Malaysia: Assessment of its Economic Effects, and a Review of the Policy and System (2013), a report written with Caglar Ozden, Mathis Wagner, Mauro Testaverde, and Mohamed Ali Marouani. World Bank. -- A Micro-Simulation Based Estimation of the Effects of Minimum Wages in the Philippines (2013) with David Margolis and Yuko Okamura, working paper, World Bank. -- Unlocking Women s Potential in Malaysia (2012) with Katherine Patrick, Published in the Malaysia Economic Monitor, World Bank 2012. -- Towards Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific (2012), World Bank EAP Publication. -- Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru, with N. Loayza and G. Datar, (2011) Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 62(2). -- Does Cash for School Influence Young Women s Behavior in the Longer Term?" (2011), with A. Alam and J. Baez. IZA DP. 5703, Forschungsinstitutzur Zukunft der Arbeit Institute for the Study of Labor. -- Impact Evaluations in Agriculture: An Assessment of the Evidence (2011), A World Bank IEG Publication (ISBN-13: 978-1-60244-168-2), Washington DC. -- A Synthesis of Impact Evaluations of Public Works Projects Worldwide (2011), a report written with J. Baez and T. Nguyen. Social Protection Working Paper Series, World Bank. -- Leveling the Intra-household Playing Field: Compensation and Gender Specialization in Child Labor Allocation", with Macours, (2010) Research in Labor Economics, Volume 31. -- Promoting Inclusive Growth: Poverty and Inequality, Labor Market, Human Capital and Social Protection, (2010), Malaysia Economic Monitor. World Bank report, Washington DC. -- A Minimum Wage Policy in Malaysia: Issues to Consider Before Implementation (2010), a report policy note with D. Margolis, and D. Robalino, World Bank Policy Note, Washington DC. - Options for Strengthening Social Safety Nets in Lao P.D.R: A Policy Note (2010), A World Bank Policy Note, Washington DC. - What Impedes Poor Farmers from Consolidating their Land? Evidence from Vietnam (2010) with Do, Le Dung, and Waxman, World Bank Research Working Paper.
- Can Land Resettlement Improve the Lives of the Poor? Evidence from Malawi, (2009) with Datar and Hoffman. World Bank Research Working Paper Series 5093, Washington DC. - An Impact Evaluation of a Multi-component Irrigation Project in Rural Peru (2009), World Bank IEG Publication, Washington DC. - What Works in Nutrition, Lessons from Impact Evaluations, (2009), World Bank IEG Report, Washington DC. - Asset Creation, Productive Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction: Learning from the Crisis Program in Nicaragua s Drought Region, (2007) with Macours and Vakis. World Bank, Washington DC. - Unraveling the Complexity of Poverty in Nicaragua through the Voices of the People, (2007). World Bank and DFID Report. -Nicaragua Poverty Assessment. Inequality of Opportunities (2007). World Bank Publication. -Cambodia Poverty Assessment. Halving Poverty by 2015? (2006). World Bank Publication. -World Development Report: Equity and Development (2006). World Bank Publication. HONORS/AWARDS Recent Work Awards: Best Economic Analysis in a Project in Human Development in 2013, Awarded by the Chief Economists of HD and DEC. Best Financial Private Sector Development Study in 2012. Several recognition awards for achievement by sector managers at the World Bank. Scholarships and Awards: National Hispanic Scholarship, Graduate Student Senate Scholarship. Leadership Positions: HD Representative in the East Asia Gender Board, National Society of Hispanic MBAs, MBA Program Representative (1999), Kappa Alpha Theta elected treasurer (1997), USC Academic Chair for the Graduate Student Senate (elected for the 2002 academic year). COMPUTER AND LANGUAGE SKILLS Computer skills: Extensive experience in database management and statistical analysis using STATA, SAS and E-Views. Also, trained in other analytical packages for geographical and qualitative research (ARC View GIS, MaxQDA). Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), French (Basic). REFERENCES Available upon request.