Léa Rouanet is a Senior Economist working at the World Bank, where she is the Deputy Head of the Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL). She currently leads several impact evaluations aiming to identify and address gender-based constraints to economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa. She also leads the conceptualization and execution of the GIL research uptake strategy within the World Bank and with selected external partners; and supervise all research uptake analysts and research analysts within the team. Before joining the World Bank, Léa was a PhD candidate and Research Fellow at the Paris School of Economics, where her research focused on nutrition, child mortality, fertility and gender preferences in Africa. She holds a PhD from the Paris School of Economics.