Keiko Inoue

Keiko Inoue

Practice Leader for Human Development, World Bank

Keiko Inoue is the World Bank Bangladesh and Bhutan Practice Leader for Human Development, where she coordinates the Bank’s engagements on education; health, nutrition and population; and social protection, labor, and jobs. She joined the Bank in 2005 and has managed multi-disciplinary investment projects, regional and country-specific analytical products, reimbursable advisory services, and complex client relations. She has worked in over 20 countries including low and middle income and fragile and conflict affected countries, spanning East Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Europe and Central Asia Regions. Her areas of technical expertise include skills development and employment, youth development, education reforms, and gender. Prior to joining the Bank, Keiko taught at Stanford University. A Japanese national, she holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.