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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
Pages 55-66
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He served as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University during the 2007–2008 academic year and as an Affiliated Researcher at the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality. He has been working on several projects for Ford Foundation, Bernard van Leer Foundation, International Development Research Center (IDRC)
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Her recent research focuses on the determinants of an individual's performance in the labor market and in particular, the determinants of ability at early stages of life. Current research projects include the study of the effects of women's employment and childcare choices on children's cognitive ability as well as estimation of the effects of childcare quality and parents' specific time allocations on children's development.
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(Forum Co-Chair) , is the Robert Harding Inaugural Chair in Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; the Co-director of the SickKids Center for Global Child Health; and the Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, at the Aga Khan University, unique joint appointments.
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Her work focuses on early childhood development and evaluation of the impact of social protection programs in various Latin-American countries. Most of her current work includes projects and evaluations to inform scalable approaches to parenting interventions.
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, where he led a cross-foundation initiative on Women, Girls and Gender, assessing how addressing gender inequalities and empowering women and girls leads to improved gender equality as well as improved health and development outcomes. Prior to this role, he served as BMGF Director of Family Health, leading strategy development and implementation across nutrition, family planning, and maternal, newborn, and child health.
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She currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Buffett Early Childhood Fund on national initiatives and to the Bernard van Leer Foundation on global child development strategies. She also directs Early Opportunities, LLC, focusing on innovation, policy, and philanthropy.
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. Eduardo Marino, M.B.A., is the Manager of Evaluation and Research at Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Dominique McMahon, Ph.D., is a Program Officer with Grand Challenges Canada for the Targeted Grand Challenges program.
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. FMCSV is a Brazilian family foundation founded in 1965 that focuses on the generation and dissemination of the importance of investing in early childhood development.
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Dr. Rubio-Codina also has extensive experience in the evaluation of social and educational government programs in Latin American, including the Mexican Conditional Cash Transfer program.
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and provides technical assistances to various operations throughout the region. She has worked on loan operations in most all Bank member countries and undertaken analytical work on topics related to education and early childhood development.
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She and her group have also demonstrated that this intervention can be successfully integrated into existing health services. This work has been used by several agencies to demonstrate the need to integrate child development services into nutrition and health programs.
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