Political Economy Workshop: Candelaria Garay

Social Policy Expansion in Latin America

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

To be determined
Sponsored by:
Center for Public Policy Research

Event Description

About the Speaker

Candelaria Garay is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Her research focuses on social policy, collective action, and party politics in Latin America. She received a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Currently, she is working on a book manuscript that seeks to characterize and explain the recent expansion of and cross-country variation in social policy programs (income transfers, pensions, and health-care services) to populations historically excluded from social protection in Latin America.

Admission Information

Open to the public