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Carolina Piedrafita

Carolina Piedrafita is a Senior Specialist in Urban Development and Housing at the Inter-American Development Bank. He has more than 20 years of experience leading and executing social and urban development projects in Latin America, specifically in the areas of social housing, local economic development, comprehensive improvement of neighborhoods, and revitalization of degraded urban areas. She was senior advisor to the Executive Director for Argentina on the IDB Board of Directors between 2016-2019. He is currently leading the Cities Lab of the Urban Development and Housing Division. Before the IDB, he worked at the World Bank, in the infrastructure, finance and private sector division for the Latin American region. She has a Master's degree in Public Administration with a specialty in urban development from Columbia University in New York, and a degree in Political Science from the University of San Andrés, Argentina.

Carolina Piedrafita

Carolina Piedrafita is a Senior Specialist in Urban Development and Housing at the Inter-American Development Bank. She has over 20 years of experience leading and executing social and urban development projects in Latin America, specifically in the areas of social housing, local economic development, comprehensive neighborhood improvement and revitalization of degraded urban areas. She was Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of Argentina on the IDB Board of Directors from 2016-2019. She currently leads the Cities Laboratory of the Urban Development and Housing Division. She has a Masters in Public Administration with a specialty in urban development from Columbia University in New York, and a degree in Political Science from Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina.

How can innovation and technology solve the housing deficit?

September 21, 2022 por Alexandra Alvear - Carolina Piedrafita - Fermín Vivanco - Editor: Daniel Peciña-Lopez Leave a Comment

The future of decent housing has a first and last name: technological innovation. In this blog post, which is part of a series on the IDB Group's 2022 Housing Forum, we address the important role of innovation and technology in closing the housing gap in our region. In order to explain the relationship between these three factors, we suggest you take part in a game: noughts and … [Read more...] about How can innovation and technology solve the housing deficit?

Applications are open!: join the “Cities for All” Challenge

January 17, 2022 por Carolina Piedrafita - Gonzalo Lanfranco - Editor: Daniel Peciña-Lopez Leave a Comment

In today’s blog, the IDB Cities Laboratory presents the Cities for All Challenge. We are looking for local government officials to design and test innovative solutions to urban problems, and thus contribute to establishing a culture of public innovation. Keep reading to learn more details about this call! How to establish a culture of innovation in governments? Two of the … [Read more...] about Applications are open!: join the “Cities for All” Challenge

Govtech Ecosystems in Latin America: innovation focused on improving services to citizens

August 3, 2021 por Rocío Suanzes - Mariel Sabra - Carolina Piedrafita - Editor: Daniel Peciña-Lopez Leave a Comment

Govtech ecosystems, defined as ecosystems composed of startups, scale-ups and digital SMEs with solutions developed for public institutions, are already a reality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). These governments need innovation, technology, and new ideas to be able to respond to the expectations of their citizens, an especially urgently need in the current pandemic … [Read more...] about Govtech Ecosystems in Latin America: innovation focused on improving services to citizens

5 key steps to implement GovTech Open Innovation in our cities

May 6, 2021 por Sofía Silva - Carolina Piedrafita - Natalia Laguyas - Editor: Daniel Peciña-Lopez Leave a Comment

In this series’ previous posts, we explored how the GovTech space brings non-traditional digital providers closer to public institutions. In this post we’ll dive into how open innovation enables the incorporation of innovative solutions from digital providers into the operations of local and national governments. This strategy, known as open innovation, is an innovation … [Read more...] about 5 key steps to implement GovTech Open Innovation in our cities

Innovative solutions in the public sector: The new Govtech ecosystems

February 23, 2021 por Natalia Laguyas - Carolina Piedrafita - Idoia Ortiz de Artiñano Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 pandemic has put national and sub-national governments around the world to the test. Public health systems have been overwhelmed by an exponential increase in patients while governments have had tremendous difficulties in detecting and controlling infections. At the same time, the provision of essential public services such as education or public transport has at … [Read more...] about Innovative solutions in the public sector: The new Govtech ecosystems

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