Dr. Paolo Carlo Belli is Practice Manager (PM) for Social Protection and Jobs for the Europe and Central Asia region at the World Bank. Until 2023 he was PM for the Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) region. In his career at the World Bank Mr. Belli led several projects and analytical tasks in the human development sectors, mainly in the South Asia, ECA, and Africa Regions. He was Program Leader for over 5 years and helped lead and coordinate the work in human development, working across health, social protection, education and contributing to programs on youth employment and nutrition. Mr. Belli holds a PhD in Economics and Social Policy from the London School of Economics. Before joining the World Bank in 2003, he worked in Academia, in the UK, India, Italy and USA, and his research was mainly focused on improving public services, social protection and health and education financing reforms.