Camhi is an environmental economist with nearly 15 years of experience working in Latin America and the Caribbean on a range of issues related to the environment. She has worked for both the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank as a specialist in payments for ecosystem services, design and implementation of terrestrial and marine protected areas, and conservation trust funds. In addi
tion she has conducted research in coordination with several government agencies including the BLM, USDA, and NOAA. Her research expertise is in econometrics and policy analysis while her programmatic expertise is in valuation of ecosystem services and sustainable resource management. from Vassar College in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Economics, an M.A. in International Environmental Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and is currently completing her doctorate at Arizona State University where her research focusing on the economic effectiveness of spatial patterning of land enrolled in the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program. Ashley has worked on projects in over 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, many of which were projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects. Ashley’s native language is English, she is fluent in Spanish and Guarani, and proficient in Portuguese. Lastly, Ashley was an Agroforestry Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay from 2004-2006 where she worked in a rural community on sustainable agriculture.
