Maja Schling

Maja Schling

Maja Schling is a Senior Economist in the Environment, Rural Development, and Disaster Risk Management Division (RND) of the Inter-American Development Bank. She has a Ph.D. in Economics from American University in Washington DC with a specialization on impact evaluation of international development projects. She has substantial work and research experience in international development, specifically in the areas of agriculture, natural resources, and climate change. In the last ten years, she has led the design and implementation of numerous impact evaluations of agricultural and natural resource projects throughout the LAC region (e.g. in Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Guyana, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay), in order to generate empirical lessons and policy implications for future program design. She has also led and collaborated in the design of agricultural projects that focus on animal and plant health, agricultural extension, and land titling programs, among other topics. Her work currently focuses on incorporating innovative data sources and methodologies into evaluation strategies to capture all possible dimensions of impact – economic, social, and environmental – with the goal of improving the effectiveness of future interventions. Prior to joining the IDB, Maja has worked for the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, as well as with the NGO Impact Network to evaluate their schooling program in rural Zambia.