Camilo Acosta

Camilo Andres Acosta Mejia
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Specialist, Knowledge and Learning Division, IDB
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Camilo Acosta is a Specialist in the Knowledge and Learning Division at the Inter-American Development Bank. His work focuses on strengthening and measuring how evidence and research inform operations. He leads initiatives on evidence synthesis, including Evidence Gap Maps, and on the development of knowledge influence indicators. He has conducted applied research in urban economics, economic geography, and firm dynamics. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad EAFIT in Colombia. Camilo holds a Ph.D. in Economic Analysis and Policy from the University of Toronto and a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.
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05 November 2026
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Co-producing evidence gap maps with IDB to strengthen an evidence-informed culture in Latin America and the Caribbean

Over the past year, 3ie and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a founding partner of 3ie’s Global Evidence Commitment, co-produced two interactive evidence gap maps (EGMs): one on policing…
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