CID has launched its new Security and Development Seminar Series and over the 2016-2017 academic year, it will host four high-level discussions exploring the intersections between security, growth, and development in Latin America. CID Research Assistant interviews the speakers from the 4th session, which explored the causes, correlates, and consequences of violence in Latin America. Speakers: • Nathalie Alvarado-Renner, Citizen Security Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) • Daniel Ortega, Director of impact evaluation and policy learning at CAF • Marcela Escobari, visiting Fellow at Brookings' Global Economy and Development program and former Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. The session was moderated by Thomas Abt, Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy with CID. The interview took place on April 27th, 2017. More information about the event and the speakers can be found at: growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/security-and…minar-series