Camille Gaskin-Reyes
Adjunct Professor - Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), Adjunct Professor Latin American Studies Georgetown University
Latin American and Global Development Specialist in Sustainable Urban Development, Latin American Studies and Natural Resource Management with over 30 years of experience; and expertise in economic policy development and practice; climate change risks, natural resource management and environmental planning. Former career in development banking for 25 years in policy, strategy, program and project management, monitoring and evaluation in a broad range of countries, economic sectors and multi-sectoral areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. Currently adjunct professor and international consultant.for international organizations, public, private and NGO entities.
Ph. D from the University of Bonn, Germany with a concentration in Urban & Regional Planning, M.S. from the Cologne Polytechnic, Germany in Project Management, Renewable Energy and Water Resource Management; and M.A., from the University of Bonn, Germany in Economic Geography and Education.
Publications and other academic work include the following:
Academic Text Book: Water Planet: The Culture, Politics, Economics and Sustainability of Water on Earth, ABC-CLIO Publishing Group, 2016 (Librarians’ Award for One of the Best 100 Reference Books of 2016);
Sustainable Tourism, Freshwater and Coastal Zone Management Challenges in the Caribbean; and: Mining and Extractive Activities in Brazil, Guyana and Peru: Examples of Environmental Impacts and Social Conflicts, in: Barbara McNichol (ed.), Sustainable Planet: Issues and Solutions for Our Environment's Future, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 2021;
There is no Single Cause for the Ongoing Conflict over the Falklands, in: M. Troy Burnett (Editor), Natural Resource Conflicts: From Blood Diamonds to Rainforest Destruction,Volume 2, The Americas, Europe, and Key Concepts, ABC-CLIO, 2016.;
Other articles on the following topics presented at conferences and/or published in the online ABC-CLIO World Data Base and the Wiley & Sons (London) Data Base:
Location and Institutional Weakness: Important Determinants of the Impact of Natural Disasters;
Location can Place Some Limitations on Development,,Though They are Not Unsurmountable;
Dominica: People, Traditions and Etiquette, Arts and Landmarks;
Uruguay: People; Arts and Landmarks, Traditions and Etiquette;
Guyana: People, Culture and History;
Hydroelectric Dams in Chile are Not the Answer to Chile’s Energy Needs;
Project Monitoring and Evaluation;