Kristen Sample

Job Title: Head of Mission, Andean Region

Joined International IDEA in January, 2004.

Nationality: USA

Programme: Latin America & the Caribbean (Andean Region Programme)

Office: Peru

Phone: +511 440 4092/93 (switchboard)

Email: k.sample@idea.int

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Expertise at International IDEA:

• Political Reform
• Gender and Democracy
• Democracy and Development
• Political Parties

Experience:

• IDEA, Andean Programme and Gender Officer, 2004 - 09

Education:

• Harvard University, Masters´of Public Policy
• University of Southern California, Bachelors´ in International Relations

Languages: English, Spanish

Publications:

• 30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women´s Political Participation in Latin America (IDEA, 2008)
• Del Dicho al Hecho: Manual de buenas prácticas para la participación de mujeres en los partidos políticos latinoamericanos (IDEA, 2008)
• Dime a quien escuchas: think tanks y partidos politicos en America Latin (IDEA y ODI, 2009)
• Politica y Pobreza en los paises andinos (IDEA, 2005)

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