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Pedro de Vasconcelos (IFAD)

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:35

Pedro de Vasconcelos joined IFAD in 2007 as Programme Coordinator of the multidonor Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) composed of the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Government of Luxembourg, the Government of Spain, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund.

From 1998 to 2000, Mr De Vasconcelos served at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva under the project MicroBanks in cooperation with the Banque International du Luxembourg. The same year, he joined the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, and was responsible for launching and coordinating the remittance programme for Latin America and the Caribbean until early 2007.

Mr. De Vasconcelos holds a Bachelors Degree in International Business from the University of Toulouse-France and a Masters in International Business and Management of the University of Paris IV, La Sorbonne.