One in five urban households in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) lives in an informal settlement, and two-thirds of people migrating to LAC urban areas settle in these neighborhoods (Inter-American Development Bank, 2021). These residents often have low and unstable incomes, with households led by women, Indigenous people, Afro-descendants, and people with disabilities … [Read more...] about Informal Neighborhoods: The Dual Problem of Natural Disasters and Environmental Pollution
Mariano Rabassa
Mariano Rabassa is an expert in the design and evaluation of environmental policies. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Economics from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Economic at Universidad Católica Argentina. Previously, he worked as a climate change specialist at the World Bank in Washington, DC.