Grynspan has held numerous high-level positions. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization. Rebeca Grynspan, of Costa Rica, was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 13 September 2021. Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
He has taught at the Department of Economics of the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota and at the University of Maryland, College Park. in development economics from Stanford University. Since joining the World Bank in 2002, he has also served two terms as country director in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.īefore joining the Bank, Jaramillo was a public servant in the Government of Colombia, holding offices in the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank and the Ministry of Trade. Prior to his role in Africa, Jaramillo was the senior director of the World Bank Group’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice (MTI), where he led a global team of more than 450 economists. There he managed an operational portfolio of more than 80 projects representing a total investment of more than US$12 billion to help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face. Jaramillo was previously the World Bank country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda, based in Nairobi. Under his leadership, the Bank’s operations in the region focus on fueling growth, reducing poverty, supporting equality and protecting the environment.
Dr.World Bank Vice President, Latin America and CaribbeanĬarlos Felipe Jaramillo is the World Bank Vice President for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region, overseeing Bank relations with 31 countries and a portfolio of ongoing projects, technical assistance and grants of almost US$32 billion. It is a call to action to all of us who work in agriculture development to do all we can to elevate their voices, and their influence in our quest to end world hunger. It is a testament of what women can do if given the opportunity. On this International Women’s Day, it is a pleasure to share such an unforgettable example of the key role that one woman, Ana, is playing to end world hunger in Guatemala. That day, I saw servant leadership in action, displayed with great wisdom and humility.
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She later shared with me that the daily farm chores she performed were out of a sense of duty, that preparing and serving the famers meals was done out of respect, but that teaching them how to grow coffee so they could support their families and communities was done out of a sense of commitment to the future of her country. Most importantly, the men recognized this, and immediately told her that she was right and that they would accept her recommendation.
It was evident that she knew what she was talking about due both to her experiences in the field since childhood, and to her belief in the power of agricultural science. The men hung their heads low, and were very deferential to her, something that both surprised and delighted me. She told them that they needed to stop arguing and to save their money to use for another purpose. She then reminded them that they had just planted a new variety of coffee, “ Centroamericano”, bred in a laboratory for its resistance to the disease. Ana said to them, “so, if you don’t apply the fungicide, the fungus that causes leaf rust disease will wipe away our crops, right?”. As the yelling got louder, Ana began to speak, bringing the entire place to a hush. One day, there was a very lively discussion at a meeting of the cooperative officers over whether it made sense for them to spend their limited funds in buying fungicide. She made sure that all was taken care of in service of the cooperative, providing us lunch and looking after our every need. The day of our visit, I noticed a woman, Ana, who I estimated to be in her 50’s. Other activities were done by a group of women in support of the farm, such as harvesting the coffee cherries and washing and sorting the beans. They purchased all supplies and materials and planted the coffee trees. The farmer cooperative we worked with was led by a group of men, mostly in their 30s, who made the decisions regarding every aspect of the business. In May of 2016, I visited a project that the Borlaug Institute was implementing in Guatemala, focused on training coffee farmers in good agricultural practices to help increase their yield while overcoming leaf rust disease and other challenges.
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