Nino Pkhikidze is an Economist at the World Bank Transport Global Knowledge Unit. Currently she is working on projects related to economic geography, impact evaluation of transport projects on health, education and poverty, and transport decarbonization and climate policies. Prior to joining the World Bank, she held research positions at the Center for Development Research at University of Bonn in Germany, at the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands, and GeoWel Research in Georgia. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bonn, Germany.