Sara Troiano is a Senior Economist at the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. She leads the regional East Africa Girls’ Empowerment and Resilience (EAGER) initiative, supporting the economic empowerment of adolescent girls and women in Eastern and Southern Africa through financing, technical assistance, and knowledge exchange, and served previously as a Task Team Leader in Mozambique and Lesotho. She holds a MSc in Development Economics from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, a MSc in Sociology and Demography from Pompeu Fabra University, and a degree in Economics from Bocconi University.