Jacqueline Mazza

Jacqueline Mazza is a Senior Social Development Specialist in the Social Development Division of the Inter-American Development Bank working in the fields of labor markets, social inclusion, race and ethnicity.

Dr. Mazza has worked directly in IDB labor markets projects, policy development and research for the past ten years. Her recent research concentrates on labor intermediation services (Labor Intermediation Services: A Review for Latin American and Caribbean Countries: IDB Labor Markets Policy Brief Services) and unemployment insurance (Unemployment Insurance: Case Studies and Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean: IDB Working Paper Series 411). She has been involved in the design of a series of IDB labor market projects including, most recently, in Mexico, El Salvador, and Panama. Her project experience has focused on workforce training, training system reform, private-sector based training, labor intermediation and the links between training, local economic development and social inclusion.

Dr. Mazza serves as an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, specializing in U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, development, and multilateral institutions.

She received her Ph.D. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.

Dr. Mazza has written numerous articles and policy briefs in the areas of labor markets, training, and U.S. foreign policy. Her recent publication Don?t Disturb the Neighbors: the United States and Democracy in Mexico; 1980-1995 was published by Routledge Press in 2001.



Last updated: 05/23/07