2017 World Fellow Rita Sciarra
Rita Sciarra grew up in Calabria in the south of Italy. She has worked in Bolivia, India, Dominican Republic, and also Haiti after the earthquake. She is a big believer in the United Nations.
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Being part of the World Fellows Program has been an extremely meaningful experience for me, I will always remember those days in the campus as a light of freedom of my life. After so many years in the field, being a World Fellow meant having time for myself to reflect and think, discuss with the other Fellows about problems and solutions for humanity, studying subjects I would never think to deepen.
2017
Rita Sciarra
Rita Sciarra is an expert in international development and serves as Team Lead for inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Hub in Panama. She previously served as Strategic Advisor with the UNDP in Mexico supporting the country during its economic recovery process after the earthquake in 2018. Originally from Italy, she is fluent in four languages, with more than 14 years of experience in three different continents, in post-conflict and normal development conditions. Prior to this, Rita served as Head of Poverty Reduction with UNDP in Haiti. She has managed a portfolio of projects to ensure the transition from emergency to development, with a…