Adriana Vides
Adriana works as a Data and Research Analyst on the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) initiative at IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Center. Before joining GMDAC, she worked for the Research Training Group Globalization and Development (GLAD) at the University of Göttingen, assisting with data research and analysis. As part of her master’s studies, she did research on the impacts of migration and remittances on female labor participation in El Salvador. Prior to this, she spent three years working in research and analysis of public policies for a nonprofit organization in El Salvador. She has worked in projects with organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme, the Population Division of ECLAC and the OECD. Adriana holds a Master of Science in Development Economics from the University of Göttingen and a Bachelor degree in Economics from the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Cañas, El Salvador. During her bachelor’s studies she was awarded the Scholarship for Academic Excellence given out by the government of El Salvador. Later she pursued her master’s studies with the scholarship for Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).