Giorgia Demarchi is a Senior Social Protection Specialist based in Côte d’Ivoire. She currently leads social protection and jobs operational and advisory programs in West Africa, with a focus on economic and financial inclusion and women’s empowerment. In her previous role in East Asia and the Pacific, she led the regional gender program, community-driven development projects and social inclusion strategic engagements. Since joining the World Bank in 2012, she has worked on poverty reduction, social protection systems, social inclusion in fragile and conflict contexts, and women’s economic empowerment across several regions, through both analytical and operational engagements. She holds an MPhil degree from the University of Oxford and a BSc from the London School of Economics.