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She is currently the Global Director of Social Protection and Employment at the World Bank. Previously, she managed the Human Capital Project, supporting the World Bank Group’s global agenda to protect, develop, and utilize human capital in partnership with countries and development agencies. Prior to that, she held various positions in the African region, including Practice Manager for the Global Social Protection and Employment Practice, and in South Asia, including Principal Economist and Head of the Human Development Program. She has worked and published in areas such as poverty, adaptive social safety nets and public works, early childhood development, microfinance, gender, nutrition, migration, and employment. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and an MA from Princeton University.
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