Core YouthSave Advisor, Carolina Trivelli, Named Peru鈥檚 Minister of Social Inclusion
Today, YouthSave鈥檚 core , Carolina Trivelli was as Peru鈥檚 Minister of Social Inclusion. The newly formed Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion is charged with planning and implementing the country鈥檚 pro-poor programs for marginalized communities who have not benefited from Peru’s increasing economic growth.
Ms. Trivelli, an esteemed economist, comes to the Ministry having served as a researcher and Director General of . Among Trivelli鈥檚 many accomplishments at IEP, she also co-managed , an initiative to link conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs with financial inclusion strategies. A recent report by the Global Assets Project highlights Ms. Trivelli鈥檚 valuable insights on this emerging concept, which she shared during our Savings-linked CCT last November.
With an expertise in rural poverty and development finance, Trivelli has been one of eight advisors on 鈥檚 learning agenda (led by the ) since the Project鈥檚 inception. We congratulate her on this exciting news and express our gratitude for her contributions to YouthSave!