Christian Bodewig is the Practice Manager for Social Protection and Labor for Global Engagement. Prior to this assignment, he was Practice Manager for Social Protection and Jobs for Western and Central Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal and served as Lead Economist and Program Manager of the Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) which supports programs and policies to help poor and vulnerable households in the Sahel to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Previously, he was the Program Manager for Southern Europe at the World Bank in Brussels overseeing the Bank’s operational, advisory, and analytical programs in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Portugal. Between 2013 and 2018, he served as program leader for inclusive growth in the European Union where he coordinated the World Bank’s lending and advisory projects in education, health, poverty, and social protection and labor in EU Member States. Between 2009 and 2013, Christian worked in the East Asia and Pacific department where he led the Bank’s human development program in Vietnam.