Measuring and evaluating our work allows us to stay on track, but sharing what we learn increases the reach of our work toward improving lives. For years we have worked at the IDB, with varying roles and responsibilities, but always in one way or another toward advancing development effectiveness. At the IDB we seek to improve lives and toward this purpose we seek to … [Read more...] about Measuring, learning, sharing
Andrés Gómez-Peña
Andrés Gomez-Peña is a Communications Specialist at the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness at the Interamerican Development Bank.
One mestizo, one DNA test, and my origins
According to Unicef there are 29 million indigenous people in Latin America. Indigenous peoples represent 6 per cent of the population of Latin America; mestizos, afro-descendants, whites, and other races represent the other 94 per cent. The vast majority of us are mestizos, a mixed race of Spaniards and Indigenous. Indigenous people face a lot of difficulties. In … [Read more...] about One mestizo, one DNA test, and my origins