With tens of millions of citizens receiving cash transfers from social programs each month, Latin America and Caribbean governments have long sought ways to improve payment delivery and boost financial inclusion to improve savings, access to credit, and overall welfare. One attempted solution is encouraging recipients to open bank accounts to receive digital cash transfer … [Read more...] about Can Digital Payments Boost the Impact of Social Programs?
Camilo Pecha
Camilo Pecha is a Colombian economist who works as a consultant in the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in the area of operational monitoring. He has worked with other areas of the IDB such as Caribbean countries and the Office of Evaluation and Oversight on evaluation issues and the effects of climate change on social welfare. He also has solid experience in the Colombian public sector with the direction of public policy evaluations of the National Planning Department and in the research sector as director of the Center for Regional Coffee Studies CRECE. Camilo holds a degree in economics from the Universidad de Los Andes. He also holds a master's degree in economic analysis and a doctorate in applied economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.