This post is also available in Portuguese Ensuring the right to decent housing in Brazil is one of the country's major challenges. In the pursuit of providing safe living conditions with infrastructure and basic services, authorities often resort to the involuntary resettlement of families. An application developed with support from the Inter-American Development Bank seeks … [Read more...] about Innovating in Involuntary Resettlements with Assisted Purchase
Ariella Carolino
Ariella Carolino has been a Social Consultant at the IDB's Environmental and Social Solutions Division (ESG) in Brazil since 2022. She holds degrees in Sociology and Political Science from UNICAMP, a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from USP, a specialization in Urban Management Instruments for Climate Change from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and a degree in Environmental Management Technology from Senac. Her master's thesis, The Role of Social Aspects in Environmental Impact Assessment: Public Regulation in Brazil, Theoretical Advances, and Challenges for Regional Planning, received Honorable Mention at the X Brazilian Prize for Urban and Regional Policy and Planning Master's Dissertations (2015-2017) from ANPUR. She currently works on assessing and managing social and environmental risks and impacts of IDB-financed development projects, overseeing projects in various sectors within Brazil’s portfolio.