Karima Saleh, PhD, is a Senior Economist (Health), at the World Bank, Washington, D.C. With keen interest in health financing and health systems, she has been working in areas covering: fiscal space and revenue mobilization; financial protection and social health insurance; strategic purchasing and payment mechanisms; public expenditure review, tracking, management and governance; equity in resource allocations. She has almost 25 years of global health experience (including fieldwork) contributing through policy dialogue, analytics, business development and project management. She has experiences from over 25 countries across South, Southeast and Central Asia, Africa, Middle East and North Africa.