Sandra Baquié

Experience

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  BYD

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Mechanic

  Joined a ten-member vehicle maintenance team. - Performed basic maintenance tasks, repaired and painted car bodies.

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  EY

  Oct 2012 - Feb 2013

  Audit Intern

  Analysed and reviewed accounting data of multinational corporations. - Analysed accounting data of multinational corporations (turnover higher than 5 millions €).- Interviewed clients, drafted presentations and wrote reports. - Represented France to the IILC seminar in Orlando (200 interns selected worldwide)

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  WE Group

  Feb 2013 - May 2013

  Production Manager

  Managed the daily production and improved processes in this new factory of 100 workers. - Led four production teams (100 workers) and trained a new local production manager. - Scheduled production and processed orders (5000 laundry bags produced per day).- Implemented a new bonus system and a new productivity report.

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  United Nations ESCAP

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  UNESCAP Intern

  Supported the work of the Environment and Development Division with the organization of the 70th UNESCAP Commission Session and writing working papers on barriers to green transformation. - Wrote an article entitled “Two barriers to green transformation: time gap and price differential” that contributed to the 2016 UNESCAP report "Transformations for Sustainable Development: Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific". - Analyzed data to illustrate the importance of these barriers to green transformation through various case studies and compared practices among the Asia Pacific Region. - Presented a poster of this paper to the 3rd conference of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (WorldBank/UNEP/OECD event) in January 2015. - Reported on ministerial panel discussions. Show less

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  The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Economic Consultant

  Analyzed drivers of Economic Complexity and their implications for exports in the MENA region.- Coded the required network analysis to the calculation of Economic Complexity indexes.- Analysed macroeconomic data to forecast exports in the MENA region.- Wrote a report that was presented during LCPS conference in September 2016.

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2021

  Applied economic theories and econometric techniques to projects at the nexus of Environment, Development, and Health that contribute to a Ph.D. dissertation: “Human-environment Interactions: Microbes, Land, and Climate.”- Recipient of Columbia University Dean's fellowship (Columbia SIPA).- Research: Environmental and Health Economics, Development, Demographics, and Remote Sensing. - Coursework: Economics track / Development Economics / Environmental Economics / Health Economics / Health and Sanitation at Mailman School of Public Health / Remote sensing (ArcGIS, QGIS, R, Python, ENVI) Show less

  • PhD. in Sustainable Development, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs

    Sept 2015 - Jun 2021

  • Research Fellow

    Jan 2017 - May 2020

  • Teaching Fellow

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2017
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  The World Bank

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  Economic Consultant

  Assessed the impact of weather shocks on vulnerability to poverty in Malawi. - Created a dataset based on IHS surveys in Malawi and maps of precipitation and temperature data. - Estimated the impact of weather shocks at the community and household levels.- Simulated poverty measures in different weather scenarios to create vulnerability measures. - Wrote a working paper for this analysis.- Presented the analysis to the Poverty GP Brown Bag Lunches.

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  The World Bank

  Sept 2021 - Jul 2024

  Team Leader of the Whole-of-the-Economy Climate Change Trust Fund for MENA & Poverty Country Economist for Syria & Algeria- Co-led the $1.2M Whole-of-the-Economy Climate Change Trust Fund for MENA. Led 2 teams and designed and conducted analytics for the POV GP that supported the analytical and operational work of 4 Global Practices.- Developed analytical tools to support Economists in integrating climate considerations in economic assessments (CCDR, ASAs, SCDs), including the creation of high-resolution regional maps of exposure and vulnerability to natural disasters by leveraging big data. - Supported several macroeconomic and distributional assessments as the poverty Country Economist for Syria and Algeria, including the special focus note of the Syria Economic Monitor. - Designed and led an innovative project exploring how to leverage remote sensing imagery and machine learning to nowcast poverty levels in the MASHREQ region despite the lack of data in conflict settings. Show less Contributed to the Cambodia Country Office operations and led economic and climate-related analyses for the Environment, Natural Resources, and Blue Economy (ENB) GP- Liaised with eight sectoral teams for the Cambodia Country Climate and Development Report, directly supporting some of them in defining and implementing their projects. Drafted some of the project documents (concept note, aide memoires) and parts of the CCDR report. Engaged with all relevant ministries, and presented findings to the meeting of Cambodia's Climate Change Technical Working Group with Development partners, chaired by H.E Dr. Tin Ponlonk, Secretary of State, MoE. - Coordinated and wrote ENB inputs to the first Cambodia Development Policy Financing (DPF) and the 2023 Cambodia Systematic Country Diagnostic Update. - Led a $4-million subcomponent of the Cambodia Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism Investment Project Financing (IPF) on community-income generation. - Designed, coordinated, and contributed to four analyses assessing the severity and geographic distribution of climate exposure and impacts on poverty, health, and agriculture in Cambodia. Show less Supported the development of the environment and climate agenda of the Poverty and Equity GP’s Global Unit.- Designed and implemented an innovative analysis of the distributional impacts of air pollution in Tbilisi, Georgia, including air pollution and survey data collection, natural experiments, and an RCT. Developed a proposal, built an interdisciplinary cross-sectoral team, identified relevant government partners and data sources, analyzed data, and engaged the relevant stakeholders and clients. - Supported a multidisciplinary team (FCI, Center for Disaster Protection, POV) assessing vulnerability to poverty in the aftermath of droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa. - Wrote a corporate note explaining how to include climate projections in vulnerability analysis. - Contributed to the Global Unit’s front office work. Drafted presentations and notes for high-level management (Country and Regional Directors, and Vice Presidents). - Represented the Poverty GP Global Practice in interdisciplinary climate groups, such as EFI Climate Economics group. Show less

  • Economist in the MENA region and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice

    Sept 2023 - Jul 2024

  • Economist (Young Professional) in the Environment Global Practice

    Sept 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Economist (Young Professional) in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice's Global Unit

    Sept 2021 - Sept 2022
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  International Monetary Fund

  Jun 2024 - now

  Economist in the Research Department

  Economist in the Structural and Climate Policy division of the IMF's Research Department