Every January 24 we commemorate the International Day of Education. This celebration offers us an excellent opportunity to highlight the importance of quality education for countries to break the cycle of poverty that leaves behind millions of children, youth, and adults. For this reason, today's blog will be dedicated to present a recent study that has found evidence of the … [Read more...] about Do neighborhood improvement programs improve school attendance?
Marcelo Pérez Alfaro
Marcelo Pérez Alfaro is a Lead Education Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He joined the Bank in 2003 and worked in the Country Offices of Suriname, Ecuador, Brazil and Uruguay, in addition to developing projects and policy dialogue in Chile, Argentina and the Dominican Republic. He has extensive experience in leadership and management of the strategic and budget planning of large social programs and agencies, such as the National Social Security Administration and the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners of Argentina. Marcelo has a Master's degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a Postgraduate degree in Economics from the Di Tella Institute, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina.