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Karla is a Senior Analyst at CPI, based in London. She leads CPI\u2019s technical advisory to the Green Guarantee Group (GGG)<\/a>, a global coalition advancing the use of guarantees for climate-aligned investments, and manages the development of the Green Guarantee Directory<\/a>, a global public platform that enhances transparency, comparability, and uptake of guarantee instruments. Within CPI\u2019s international financial architecture workstream, Karla also supports the Financing Common Innovation Lab (FiCS Lab)<\/a>, helping public development banks design innovative financing structures for emerging markets and developing economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining CPI, Karla conducted research on blended finance solutions for the energy transition in Colombia and Brazil at the Inter-American Development Bank, and served as a research assistant at Columbia University, co-authoring papers on financing global public goods and international financial architecture reform. Her previous experience also includes an internship with the World Bank\u2019s Poverty and Equity Global Practice for Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in her career, Karla spent nearly five years at Mexico\u2019s Ministry of Finance, where she served as an Economic Advisor and later supported international economic\u2013financial cooperation. She engaged in finance-track working groups under the G20, WB\/IMF Meetings, the Pacific Alliance, and APEC, and participated in high-level multilateral negotiations on sustainable finance, international financial architecture, and economic risk management. Her work also included financial sector analysis, research on retirement savings, and monitoring Mexico\u2019s progress toward the 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karla holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)<\/a>, specializing in International Finance and Economic Policy, and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in International Relations Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Aut\u00f3nomo de M\u00e9xico (ITAM)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":107461,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"team":[1228],"programs":[1827,1933],"regions":[1838],"topics":[871,690,623,1194,842,167],"class_list":["post-75691","cpi_peoples","type-cpi_peoples","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team-analysts-and-programs","programs-finance-in-common-innovation-lab","programs-green-guarantee-group","regions-latin-america","topics-blended-finance","topics-carbon-markets","topics-development-finance","topics-energy-transitions","topics-financial-innovation","topics-international-climate-negotiations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKarla D. 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