Oscar A. Garcia

Oscar A. Garcia

Director Independent Evaluation Office
UNDP
United States of America

My contributions

  • Alongside this reality sits another – that of the world's poorest people, three quarters of whom depend on subsistence farming for their existence; and worldwide, over 820 million people are still malnourished (2019 est.). Against this bleak backdrop, climate change further undermines food security, exacerbates health threats, reduces the availability of water and boosts population displacement. More rural youth than ever may be connected by phone but they will also be hardest hit economically by the effects of the climate crisis.

    Today, the pace of change calls for a new response as growing technologies such as big data analytics, machine