The Institute

Who We Are

The Development Institute (ID) is an academic training organization with high standards of quality and research. It was founded in 2001 and recognized as an Institute of Higher Education through Law N° 2872 of 2006.

The ID has undergraduate and graduate programas with high international quality

Our programs are instituted by academics with doctoral training (PhD), which allows each student to achieve an education that transcends the borders of specialization.

Research on sustainable development issues is a central axis of the ID, proof of this is the institutional production of various books, articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals and articles in books published by renowned publishers worldwide.

Mission

Our mission is to form a group of leaders with quality technical knowledge, based on ethics and social responsibility, through undergraduate and graduate programs with a permanent and professional doctoral staff; in addition to implementing high-quality projects whose products result in prestigious publications that serve the scientific work.

Likewise, promote processes of change towards sustainable development through support to local and national leaders, to improve the living conditions of the Paraguayan population.

Vission

To be an academic institution of research and action, inserted in the international academic community, with the highest quality standards, made up of a competent team committed to society, that generates intervention models in favor of sustainable development, that promotes public policies evidence-based local and national, as well as sustainable business development for job creation.

Staff

Meet our team

Florencia Villalba

Associate Directorate General

Bruno López

Alianzas estratégicas

Jacqueline Benítez

Asesoría académica

Rubén Cáceres

Audiovisual

Elvio Segovia

Dirección académica

Laura Torres

Comunicación institucional

Hebert Algarin

Audiovisual

Dr José Molinas

Academic Management

Cinthia Fleitas

Administrative Management

Martín Navarro

Director del Programa Estado de Derecho y Cultura de la Integridad

Elsa Chong

Project Management

Graciela Ortiz

Logistical support

Professors

Meet our teachers

César Blanco

Macroeconomía, Universidad de Barcelona, Doctor en Economía (Cum Laude), 2018

Jorge Chamorro

Master en Estudios del Desarrollo, Universidad de Melbourne, Australia.

Andrés Molina

PhD. en Políticas Públicas y Métodos Cuantitativos, Instituto Graduado para Estudios de Políticas (GRIPS), Japón.

José Molinas

PhD. en Economía, Universidad de Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.

Gustavo Rivas

Doctor en Estadística e Investigación Operativa Universidad de Sevilla - Facultad de Matemática, España.

Guillermo F. Ortiz Ibarrola

Master en Políticas Públicas, Universidad de Chicago, IL Honores, Junio 2018

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Sara María Inés Meza Arrúa

Master en Economía, Instituto Desarrollo.

Elvio Segovia Chaparro

Doctor en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales Universidad Americana, Paraguay.

Martín Ramírez Machuca

PhD. en Filología Española, Portuguesa y Filosofía, Universidad de Kiel, Alemania.

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José Tomás Sánchez G

PhD. (candidato) en Gobierno Universidad de Cornell, USA.

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Willian Bejarano

Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics, Universidad Duke, USA.

César Cabello

PhD. (candidato) en Economía e Investigación de Operaciones. Universidad Estatal de Pensilvania, USA.

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