“An integral approach based on the human
dignity for development projects is the key to get a successful pathway toward
the definitely eradication of poverty in the Whole World”
I am Sergio Martinez, from Guatemala City, Guatemala. I am studying the
Master of Arts in Integral Economic Development Policy (IEDP). I chose to study
this program because I want to learn how to apply its Integral Approach, based
on the human dignity for development projects, in the creation of sustainable
enterprise opportunities for people who live under poverty conditions. Since I
have been familiarized with economic studies, I have felt a strong professional
commitment to contribute to the eradication of poverty around the world. For my
journey, the IEDP program will allow me to design, implement and evaluate an
Applied Research Project (ARP) in Guatemala, which will consist in an
investment fund for workers from the Association of Independent Banana
Producers (APIB, by its acronym in Spanish) located in the city of Tiquisate
from Escuintla.
As part of my experience in the IEDP program, I have been learning from
inside as well as outside the classrooms. From my experiences inside the
classrooms, having classmates who comes from different parts of the world has
meant to have rich discussions from their experiences that every day allow me
to learn some new detail about opportunities of development projects. Also, the
professors have had a key role in challenging me to analyze and to think beyond
the given conditions that pretend to establish obvious scenarios of expected
outcomes in development. In other hand, outside classrooms I have had the
opportunity to participate in events hosted by organizations such as the
Inter-American Development Bank, the KMPG consulting group and the New Rules
for Global Finance Coalition, which have presented relevant international
reports about innovative indexes and policy strategies which capture the
multidimensional needs on development that has to be addressed with urgency
toward the short, medium and long term in common agreement among all the
sectors of society.
As part of my academic background, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in
Economics from Rafael Landivar University from Guatemala, graduating with the
acknowledgements of Magna Cum Laude and
Excelencia Landivariana. Before
joining the IEDP program, I was working as Economic Analyst for the Department
of Strategic Studies from Rafael Landivar University. Priory, I held the
position of Economic Analyst for the Division of Strategic Analysis from the
Secretariat of Strategic Intelligence of State of Guatemala. Before that, I
worked as Research Assistant for the Department of Public Budgets from the
Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies. Early in my career, I did an
internship in the Economic Division from the Committee of Agricultural,
Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations. Furthermore, I have been
Professor Assistant for the School of Business and Economics and for the School
of Social and Political Sciences from Rafael Landivar University. Nowadays, I
am Opinion Columnist for the Section of University Newsletters from the
Newspaper La Hora from Guatemala. As
part of my contribution to the Academia, as co-author I did the research Students Choices during their Professional
Education in the University, which was published in the Academic Review ECO No.10 from Rafael
Landivar University.[1]
After completing my IEDP Program,
I expect to be part of the World Bank and United Nations networking which will
be pursuing the commitment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Goals. Particularly, I would like to be part of the team work with the specific
responsibility to guarantee the commitment of the First Sustainable Development
Goal which have been mentioned as end
poverty in all its forms everywhere, including the commitment for its
respective subsequent goals.[2]
Also, I am interested in being part of the team work which will be coordinating
initiatives regarding of urban development projects in developing countries,
such as the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative from the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB).[3]
Sergio
Martinez – Student of IEDP – Spring 2017 Candidate (SPANISH VERSION)
[1] Revista Académica ECO, no. 10, june 2014. (See
Pp. 61 – 73). Document available in the following link: http://www.url.edu.gt/PortalURL/Archivos/04/Archivos/Revista%20ECO10.pdf
[2] Transforming our world: The
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (See
Pp.14-15). Document available in the following link: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/L.1&Lang=E
[3] See the Emerging
and Sustainable Cities Initiative Section from the Web Page of the
Interamerican Development Bank. Information available in the following link: http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/emerging-and-sustainable-cities/emerging-and-sustainable-cities-initiative,6656.html
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