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Rodrigo Navas

Rodrigo leads the Manufacturing Team at IDB Invest, which he joined in 2016. He is responsible for developing business strategies and plans, and for managing clients and structuring transactions in the manufacturing sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has more than 15 years of experience in the IDB Group, where he has led multiple operations in most of the countries in the region and in various economic sectors. Before joining the IDB Group, Rodrigo developed a professional career in international finance for more than 20 years in financial institutions in the local, regional and global banking sector. His experience includes the development of loan and capital market operations. Rodrigo earned a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) and an undergraduate degree in business administration, with a minor in finance, from Universidad FUNDEPOS de Costa Rica.

Posts by Rodrigo Navas

The Case for Unlocking the Circular Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Case for Unlocking the Circular Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Circular economy (CE) presents an opportunity for an inclusive and resource-smart future. It is also a chance for Latin America and the Caribbean to depart from an incremental into a transformative change.

What Can We Learn From Today’s Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean?
What Can We Learn From Today’s Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean?

The shortage of housing impacts on a major number of people in the region. Only sharing experiences and knowledge will we be able to find sustainable long-term solutions.

Five considerations for understanding the importance of the manufacturing sector
Five considerations for understanding the importance of the manufacturing sector

I landed on Monday, September 3rd, 2018, at the Port-au-Prince international airport in Haiti, completing a milestone that had begun on June 16th, 2004, in my native Costa Rica: visiting each of the 26 borrowing member countries of the IDB Group, promoting the development of Latin America and the Caribbean.