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Raquel Fernández

Raquel Fernández es especialista en la División de Educación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en Honduras con especial énfasis en las áreas de educación secundaria, educación técnica y formación para el trabajo. Antes de unirse a la División de Educación, formó parte de la División de Mercados Laborales del BID, en donde diseñó y manejó proyectos en el Caribe y Centroamérica para fomentar la educación dual y otros programas de vinculación con el sector productivo. Ha trabajado también en el Banco Mundial en la Unidad de Economía del Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible para Latinoamérica y el Caribe en proyectos de infraestructura, logística y agricultura y en el Consejo de Promoción de la Competitividad de Costa Rica como Directora de Programas y Proyectos. Cuenta con una licenciatura en Psicología de la Universidad de Chicago y con una Maestría en Políticas Públicas de la Escuela de Gobierno de Harvard.

Raquel Fernández

Raquel Fernández-Coto is an Education Specialist within the Inter-American Development Bank’s Education Division based in Honduras, where she leads the sector’s portfolio in the country. She has particular interest and expertise in the areas of secondary education, technical education, and on-the-job training. Before joining the Education Division, she was part of the IDB's Labor Markets Division, where she designed and managed projects in the Caribbean and Central America to promote apprenticeships and other programs linked to the productive sector. Previously, she also worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. within the Economics Unit of the Department of Sustainable Development for Latin America and the Caribbean in infrastructure, logistics and agriculture projects and at the Council for the Promotion of Competitiveness of Costa Rica as Director of Programs and Projects. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Chicago and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it: ensuring quality education and training to ride the digital wave (Part 2)

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In part 1 of this blog we discussed how automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies are transforming the workplace and shifting the demand for skills around the world. In part 2 we will zone in on the Caribbean situation and look at how countries in the region are responding to the global demand for a new type of labor. Jamaica leading the … [Read more...] about If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it: ensuring quality education and training to ride the digital wave (Part 2)

If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it: ensuring quality education and training to ride the digital wave (Part 1)

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The adoption of automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies is transforming the workplace and shifting the demand for skills. According to a recently released briefing from McKinsey, basic and advanced technological skills, higher cognitive skills, and social and emotional skills are on the rise. While these trends are happening more slowly in … [Read more...] about If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it: ensuring quality education and training to ride the digital wave (Part 1)