Adam Elsheikhi is a consultant at the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice in the Middle East and North Africa Region. His current research covers job quality, welfare, poverty, and inequality. Previously, he was an economist at the International Labour Organization, where he investigated the impact of COVID-19 on the Least Developed Nations’ economies and conducted research in relation to youth labor markets, with a particular focus on the digital and creative economies. He holds an MA in economics from Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, and an MSc in economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.