*By Maria Perez Urdiales and Jesse Madden Libra. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the most water-rich region in the world with an astounding 21,672 m3 per capita in renewable freshwater resources. However, over 60% of its population lives in medium-high to extremely high-water risk areas. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, AQUASTAT data A recent … [Read more...] about Investing in our water future to prevent scarcity in the land of plenty
María Pérez Urdiales
María Pérez Urdiales is an economics specialist responsible for the Water and Sanitation Division's knowledge agenda at the Inter-American Development Bank. She has more than 10 years of experience in research and consulting on water economics, particularly focusing on analyzing the effect of public policies on the water and sanitation sector. Before joining the IADB, María worked at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research in Paris (France), the School of Public Policy of the University of California Riverside (USA), and the Economics Department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA). María holds a Ph.D. and a master's in Economics from the University of Oviedo (Spain).