SPEAKER: Romina Bandura
TOPIC: “The Future of Work/Labor in Latin America”

Overview

Mrs. Bandura, will speak on “The Future of Work/Labor In Latin America” – how drivers such as technology and digitization, Covid and other geopolitical events are shaping the world of work in this region and its effect on United States.

Biography

Romina Bandura is a senior fellow with the Project on Prosperity and Development and the Project on U.S. Leadership in Development at CSIS. Her current research focuses on the future of work in developing countries and the United States’ economic engagement in the developing world. She has also conducted extensive research on enhancing the reach and impact of the Multilateral Development Bank system. She was a senior consultant at Economist Intelligence Unit, their flagship projects include benchmarking indices like the Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion and the Latin America and Caribbean Infrascope project. Ms. Bandura is an economist with more than 20 years of experience in international development research, policy analysis, and project management. Before joining EIU, she was an economist at the International Labour Organization’s Washington office.