Pamela Suero
(she/her)
BACKGROUND
Pamela is a social policy specialist and researcher, from the Dominican Republic. She earned her master’s degree in international economics from Carleton University (Canada) in 2009, a graduate certificate in human development from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 2006, and a bachelor’s degree in economics as well as a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Worcester State University (Massachusetts, U.S) in 2004.
Her work in the U.S., Canada, and mostly her home country and Latin America has been motivated by a strong commitment to social justice and to the promotion of social transformations through rights-based policy development. For more than 16 years in multidisciplinary practice, and some in policy-oriented research, she has supported governments, communities and international agencies in innovation and development of social and economic inclusion policies, programmes and projects. Her work has added a critical perspective in diverse international teams, including collaborations with the UNDP, the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank, the French Agency of International Development, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Collaborative African Budget Reform Initiative. She has also taught at universities and schools in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic.
In 2023 she was selected as one of 12 international researchers in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (DN) on Advancing Research and Training on Ageing, Place and Home – HOMeAGE program. Her motivation as a Ph.D. researcher is to expand the impact of her work and contribute to the production of key knowledge required to help inform, inspire and shape critical policy decisions necessary for advancing social and spatial justice in our ageing world.
KEY PUBLICATIONS
- Suero, P. & Matos, R. (2016). Envejecimiento Demográfico: Desafío al Sistema de Seguridad Social en República Dominicana. Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Santo Domingo. https://dominicanrepublic.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Envejecimiento%20demogr%C3%A1fico.pdf
- Rathe, M. & Suero, P. (2017). Salud, visión de futuro – 20 años después. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) y Fundación Plenitud, Santo Domingo. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345542654_Salud_vision_de_futuro_20_anos_despues
- UN. (2021). Estudio sobre la situación de las personas con discapacidad en base a los datos del SIUBEN 2018: Informe final. Organización de las Naciones Unidas. Santo Domingo. https://www.undp.org/es/dominican-republic/publications/estudio-sobre-la-situaci%C3%B3n-de-las-personas-con-discapacidad-en-la-base-de-datos-del-siuben-2018 (Researcher: Pamela Suero)
- World Bank. (2021). Social Protection Response to the COVID-19 Crisis in the Dominican Republic. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35861 (Researchers: Magdalena Lizardo, Pamela Suero, and Úrsula Milagros Martinez Angulo).
- Ministry of Economy, Planning y Development (MEPYD). (2021). Comunidades de Cuidado: Construyendo una Política Nacional de Cuidados con los Actores del Territorio. MEPYD, Santo Domingo. https://mepyd.gob.do/download/17646/comunidades-de-cuidado/337443/informe-comunidades-de-cuidadoconstruyendo-una-politica-nacional-de-cuidados-con-los-actores-del-territorio.pdf (Authors: Rosa Cañete Alonso, Pamela Suero, Nisaly Brito and Ángel Cuello)
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
- Social protection of older persons, social rights of persons with disabilities, healthcare systems, social determinants of health, care policy development.
- Age-friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC), ageing well in place, social and spatial justice in ageing societies.