Copenhagen is considered one of the cities with the highest standards of quality of life. The Municipality has an Office responsible for promoting the public life of the city where the human dimension and social conditions are its main priorities. Starting in 1960, public strategies and policies around people’s welfare and quality of life began to be integrated into local … [Read more...] about Public space for all: what makes Copenhagen the city for the people?
Keisgner E. Alfaro
Keisgner E. Alfaro is a consultant for the Housing and Urban Development Division where he is part of the IDB Cities Network team, supporting the structuring and development of dissemination programs, knowledge transfer, cooperation programs, exchange and training of member cities of the Network. He joined the IDB in April 2015 in the dissemination and knowledge product management team of the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative. Before joining the IDB, he worked in the Trade and Economic Development section of the Organization of American States (OAS) to develop institutional capacity building programs for the design of public policies in the area of SMEs and commerce. Prior to this, he was a research analyst for the development of project execution strategies to facilitate access to credit for SMEs at the Miami-based consulting firm Econlex Corp., which specializes in the development of the private sector in emerging markets. Keisgner holds a bachelor's degree (B.Sc) in Business Economics from The Pennsylvania State University, a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from George Mason University and is certified in Budget and Corporate Finance from Georgetown University. Keisgner is a Venezuelan citizen and has lived in Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala and Argentina.
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