Isabel Munilla is an Associate of the Institutions and Governance Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI). She works on the International Financial Flows and the Environment Project (IFFE), which works to identify ways to align public and private investment with environmentally sustainable development and poverty reduction. Her research focuses on hydrocarbon and renewable energy development in Latin America, and the potential of public and private finance to help minimize negative impacts and maximize local benefit. She is currently studying energy development in Peru, its impact on indigenous peoples, as well as the barriers to effective distribution and use of hydrocarbon revenues. Prior to joining IFFE, she spent 6 years working in WRI’s People and Ecosystems Program developing national forest monitoring and mapping projects in Indonesia, Russia, Central Africa and South America. Previously, she was Corporate Relations Manager for a non-profit entrepreneurship center within the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. She holds degrees in journalism and French from the University of Maryland.