This entry is part of an ongoing series about ESCI’s work in Northern Haiti. New development projects, such as the Caracol Industrial Park (PIC), have sprung up throughout the region, bringing about economic growth and rapid urban development. In this context, the challenge for Haitian planners is to use territorial management—formalizing new settlements, providing basic … [Read more...] about Getting Rural Electrification Right: Lessons from Northern Haiti
Patricio Zambrano Barragán
Patricio Zambrano-Barragán was a Housing and Urban Development Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank. He currently led urban development projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, including housing policy and finance projects; resilient urban infrastructure; and geospatial and civic data analytics. Prior to joining the IDB, he led research on territorial management and climate-ready infrastructure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Patricio has worked with the Office of the Deputy Mayor in Quito, Ecuador; with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on distressed asset financing; and as a management consultant with New York-based Katzenbach Partners. Patricio is a doctoral candidate in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, and holds a Master's in City and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.