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The Social Impact of Climate Change

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By Camilo Pecha and Lynn Saghir

Interview with Camilo Pecha, microeconomist for the Caribbean at the IDB, and moderated by Lynn Saghir, Communications and Creative Director for the Caribbean at the IDB. – Designed and directed by Lynn Saghir – Photo credit: Sangoiri and Alohaflaminggo, shutterstock 

In his paper titled “the effects of Weather Shocks on Early Childhood Development“, Camilo analyses the effects of exposure to tropical storms and hurricanes during pregnancy on children’s anthropometric measurements taken within the first five years of life. The study combines destruction indexes derived from tropical storms and 13 yearly rounds of household-level surveys from Jamaica.

 

About the authors:

Camilo Pecha is an economist expert on causal inference and data analysis. He received his PhD in Applied Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and he specializes in environmental economics and applied microeconomics.  His research topics are “the effect of climate change on social welfare and impact evaluation”. He has been leading the research agenda on climate change in the Caribbean Country Department (CCB) for the last two years and he is the scientific focal point for geospatial data generation in CCB.

 

 

 

Lynn Saghir is a Communications and Creative Director for the Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Before joining the IDB, she worked as a design, communications and marketing specialist at the World Bank and held multiple roles as creative director for leading global graphic design and advertising companies responsible for crafting, developing and conceptualizing big ideas, social media, strategies and pitches for multimillion dollars campaigns and ads. Lynn holds a Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut, an MBA and a Masters in Management from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). She has created a board game and founded the fashion brand Lylus. She received two Community Management certificates from the World Bank where she was awarded for high quality work, collaboration, commitment, and engagement. Lynn is a mother of 2 wonderful boys, Liam and Ryan. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, skiing, exploring new cultures, and walking by the ocean. Other than her love for adventure, she has a passion for music and movies.

 

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Lynn Saghir

Lynn Saghir is a Communications and Creative Director for the Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Before joining the IDB, she worked as a design, communications and marketing specialist at the World Bank and held multiple roles as creative director for leading global graphic design and advertising companies responsible for crafting, developing and conceptualizing big ideas, social media, strategies and pitches for multimillion dollars campaigns and ads. Lynn holds a Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut, an MBA and a Masters in Management from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). She has created a board game and founded the fashion brand Lylus. She received two Community Management certificates from the World Bank where she was awarded for high quality work, collaboration, commitment, and engagement. Lynn is a mother of 2 wonderful boys, Liam and Ryan. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, skiing, exploring new cultures, and walking by the ocean. Other than her love for adventure, she has a passion for music and movies.

Camilo Pecha

Camilo Pecha is a Colombian economist who works as a consultant in the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in the area of operational monitoring. He has worked with other areas of the IDB such as Caribbean countries and the Office of Evaluation and Oversight on evaluation issues and the effects of climate change on social welfare. He also has solid experience in the Colombian public sector with the direction of public policy evaluations of the National Planning Department and in the research sector as director of the Center for Regional Coffee Studies CRECE. Camilo holds a degree in economics from the Universidad de Los Andes. He also holds a master's degree in economic analysis and a doctorate in applied economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

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