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Development Management and Policy Program

Alumni
Our alumni have gone on to successful careers in the following areas:
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Theses
Our students have graduated with the following theses:

Mariana Felicio. “Collaboration or Miscommunication? An Evaluation of the Interaction Effectiveness in the Areas of Economic Policy and Civil Society in the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Organization of American States.” Thesis Advisor: Colin Campbell, Ph.D.

Ana Fernandez Frank. “The Evolution of Educational Inequality among Argentine Provinces after the Reform of the School System en the 1990s.” Thesis Advisor: Andrew Sunil Rajumar, Ph.D.

Julian Alberto Melo . "El Pacto Peregrino. Sobre el federalismo argentino y la reforma constitucional de 1994." ("The Pilgrim Pact. On Argentine Federalism and the 1994 Constitutional Reform.") Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gerardo Aboy Carlés.

Andrea Moragues . "Limitaciones en la institucionalización de modelos de gestión de políticas sociales orientados a resultados. El caso argentino en la década del ´90." ("Limitations to the Institutionalization of Management Models of “Result Oriented” Social Policies. The Argentine case in 1990s.”) Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá.

Matías Barroetaveña . "La Política de formación de la elite política argentina en perspectiva comparada. Reformulación de la Escuela Nacional de Gobierno." ("The Training Policy of the Argentine political elite. A comparative approach. Reformulation of the National School of Government.") Thesis Advisor: Dr. Juan Manuel Abal Medina .

Cecilia Laura Ales . “Acceso a la información pública y control de las fuerzas de seguridad: su importancia para el fortalecimiento de la democracia. El caso de la Policía Federal Argentina." (“Access to public information and control of security forces: its importance in the strenghthening of democracy. The case of the Federal Police Argentina.”) Thesis Advisor: Dr. Alicia Lissidini .

Pablo Marsal . "Las donaciones de Fundaciones de EEUU a las ONGs argentinas durante los años 1999, 2000 y 2001." (" U.S. Foundations’ donations to Argentine NGOs during 1999, 2000, and 2001.") Thesis Advisor: Dr. Alicia Lissidini .

Lucas Isaac González . “Reformas institucionales en crisis: Reforma del estado, descentralización y cambio institucional en Argentina durante los 90’s.” (“Institutional Reforms in Crisis: The Reformation of the state, decentralization and institutional change in Argentina during the 90’s”) Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gabriela Delamata .

Valeria Andrea Pattacini . “Palabras Cruzadas: Cooperación internacional en el escenario global.” (“Crosswords: International Cooperation in the Global Scenario”). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Raúl Patricio Korzeniewicz.

Carolina Schillagi . “Lazos sociales, lazos políticos: La experiencia de las asambleas barriales en la Argentina contemporánea.” (Social bonds, political bonds: the experience of local Assemblies in contemporary Argentina ) Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gerardo Aboy Carlés.

Martin Marcelo Elissetche . “An Ideo-Structural Perspective: How and Why Ideas Influenced Argentine Exchange Rate Regime Policy from 1983 to 2001.” Thesis Director: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi .

Esperanza Casullo . “More is Better in Civil Society? Configurations of Public Spheres, Social Movements and Social Capital in Democracy.” Thesis Advisor: Dr. Patricio Korzeniewicz.

Jessica Rachel Koehs . “The Participation of Cartoneros in the Planning and Implementation of Law 992.” Thesis Director: Dr. Gabriela Delamata .

Roberto Manuel Montes . “Comunicación en salud y SIDA en la Argentina. Una mirada a las campañas oficiales, 1991-2001” (Communication in Health and AIDS in Argentina: a view to the official campaigns, 1991-2001). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Alicia Lissidini .

Andrea Castagnola . “Transformaciones de una Sociedad Argentina Dual. El Movimiento de Usuarios surgido por los apagones de 1988 y 1999.” (Transformations of an Argentine Dual Society. The Movement of Customers that emerged due to the blackouts of 1988 and 1999). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gerardo Aboy Carlés.

Jana Stephanie Zindell . “The Changing Nature of Citizenship: the Uncertainty of Bounded Citizenship in the Age of Globalization.” Thesis Advisor: Dr. Patricio Korzeniewicz.

Raúl Tempesta . “La activación de la protesta social en la Argentina durante los 90’: el caso ALCA” (The activation of the social protest in Argentina during the 90s: the case of FTAA). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Clelia Guiñazú .

Gerardo Matías Serrano . “La intervención social del Estado en Argentina 1955-1970”. (The social intervention of the State in Argentina 1955-1970). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Guillermo Alonso .

María Silvana Gurrera . “Ruptura y Promesa Movimientista. La construcción Política de la Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos en la década de 1990”. (Rupture and Promise of the Movement. The Political construction of the Central Union of the Argentine Workers in the 90’). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gerardo Aboy Carlés.

Krista Maureen Wujek . “Pro-Poor Development: Are the World Bank and the IMF Experiencing a Change of Heart?” Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá.

Luis F. Barth Tobar . “Justicia Arbitral en Colombia: una exploración acerca de la resolución de controversias contractuales entre el Estado y el sector privado a partir de las reformas implementadas a finales del siglo XX”. (Arbitral Justice in Colombia : a survey about judicial resolution of contract conflicts between public and private sector since the State Reform of the 90´s). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Juan Manuel Palacio.

Mariana Caminotti “Políticas de Desarrollo Local en Argentina . El caso de Malargüe, provincia de Mendoza (1995-2003)”. (Local Develpelopment Policies in Argentina . The case of Malargüe). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Clelia Guiñazú .

Frances Nagashima . “Participatory Policy-Making in Argentina : Actors´Structures and Strategies in Health Policy”. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Alma Idiart .

Andrea María Daverio . “Entre la retórica y la práctica: salud reproductiva y Deerchos sexuales reproductivos en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1987-2004)”. (Between ‘rethoric and practice’: reproductive health and sexual and reproductive rights in Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1987-2004). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Alma Idiart .

Paola Rossana Carco . “Nuevos Modelos de Gestión de la Política Social: la articulación entre el Estado y la Sociedad Civil”. (New Management Models in Social Policy). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Alicia Lissidini .

María Luciana Mermet . “El uso de los remedios comerciales como instrumentos de protección residual: perspectivas para el ámbito de las Américas”. (The use of commercial drugs as instruments of residual protection: a perspective for the Americas (1994-2004). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi .

María del Carmen Pasarín . “Organización Regional en crisis en América Latina”. (Regional Organization in crisis in Latin America ). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi .

Ana Marta Mangialavori . “Las Políticas de Seguridad en la década del noventa en la Argentina: los casos de la provincia y la ciudad de Buenos Aires”. (Security Policies in Argentina in the ´90s: the cases of the province and the city of Buenos Aires ). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi .

Humberto Guardia Mendonca (Class of 2005) Thesis: “Efectos de la Convertibilidad sobre los actores políticos predominantes. Argentina 1991-1995. Del autocompromiso al disciplinamiento y la institucionalización”. (Effects of the convertibility law in Argentina . From self-commitment to discipline and institutionalization.). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi .

Karina Cendón Bóveda . “La problemática de la prevención y del manejo internacional de crisis financieras: el rol del Fondo Monetario Internacional en perspectiva histórica”. (International Prevention and Management of Financial Crises: The IMF's Role in Historical Perspective.). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi .

Leticia Casajús . “Las dimensiones de control del sector público y la constitución de un campo organizacional fragmentado: el caso de la Argentina en la década del 90´”. (The control dimensions of the public sector and the construction of a fragmented organizational field: the case of Argentina in the 90´). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá.

Victoria Beláustegui . “El rol del Estado como consumidor: perspectivas de una política de compras sustentables en la Argentina ”. (The role of the State as a consumer: perspectives of a sustainable purchase policy in Argentina ). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Guillermo Alonso .

Mariela Caffarena . “La privatización de empresas públicas del sector energético en la Argentina durante la década de 1990. El caso de Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales”. (The privatization of public companies of the energy sector in Argentina in the 90´. The case of YCF). Thesis Advisor: Dr. Guillermo Alonso .

After completing the program, our Alumni have been working in several fields related to DM&P: public and non-profit organizations (e.g. MERCOSUR administration), the public sector in Argentina , international organizations (World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Amnesty International), doctoral programs in the US (GU, Yale, NYU, Pittsburg , etc.) and in Argentina (Universidad de Buenos Aires and UNSAM).
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