Paula Castillo leads the analytical work associated with the challenges and opportunities for participation of the private sector in transportation and social infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean, and support by IDB Invest in the Strategic Planning Division and Development. Before working at IDB Invest, she was a technical advisor to the IDB's Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge and a consultant in the IDB's Transportation Division. Before the IDB Group, she worked in the Infrastructure Division of the National Planning Department in Colombia and as a researcher and professor at the Universidad de los Andes. Paula is an economist, with a master's degree in sustainability management from the business school of the American University, United States, and a master's degree in economics from the Universidad de los Andes.
PPPs in Latin America & the Caribbean may face challenges related to the depth of financial markets, the incentives and mechanisms for investor diversification, the environment for private investment, and underlying project and contract structures.
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