Emilie A. Mushobekwa is Economist, working for the World Bank in DR Congo since 2003. She also performs the role of Respectful Workplace Advisor (RWA) for the World Bank Group in the country office since a few months. She has previously worked for the DRC Ministry of Planning as Economist-Analyst in the Department of Macroeconomic Studies, and for the Central Bank of Congo, successively in the Department of Foreign Exchange and the Department of Studies. In the latter department, she held various positions including Deputy Chief of the Public Finance Service, and Chief of the Technical Secretariat for Monetary Policy Consultative Group. Emilie A. Mushobekwa is Graduate in Economics, option Monetary and International Economy from the University of Kinshasa, and has a qualification in Public Finance from the International Institute of Public Administration in Paris, France. She also holds a Certificate of Intermediate English from George Washington University, Washington, DC. She contributed to several works, publications, programs and meetings in the field of economic management, public sector and poverty reduction.