Efşan Nas Özen is an Economist at the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. She works with government institutions and development partners on addressing human development issues through lending operations, technical assistance and analytical studies. Her recent work focuses on transitions from social assistance to labor market for urban and rural vulnerable populations, labor and skills demand assessment, and labor market interventions. She has technical expertise in labor economics, economics of education, behavioral and experimental economics, and impact evaluations. Efşan holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Economics from the University of Bologna.