Anna Luisa Paffhausen is an Economist in the Latin America and Caribbean Unit of the Poverty & Equity Global Practice at the World Bank. She currently works in the Caribbean Poverty Team on poverty, inequality and statistical capacity development, co-leading the OECS Data for Decision Making Project and a range of analytical products. She is the poverty economist for Saint Lucia and Guyana. Previously Anna Luisa worked on Brazil, Sri Lanka and in the Europe and Central Asia Region for the Poverty & Equity Global Practice and with the World Bank’s Development Research Group on micro- and small firm development. Before joining the World Bank, she was a Young Professional at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) where she worked on financial sector development in Mozambique. Anna Luisa holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Passau in Germany.