Speakers

Aline Coudouel is a Lead Economist in the West and Central Africa Unit of the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice at the World Bank. She currently works as the Manager of the Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP). Her technical and operational expertise covers the different pillars of social protection – social assistance, social insurance, and labor markets — as well as human development, gender, and poverty reduction more broadly. Her experience spans multiple regions, with a particular focus on Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and Europe and Central Asia. Aline holds a PhD in economics from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.