Eliana Carranza is the Global Lead for Labor and Skills at the World Bank’s Social Protection Unit, working on policy dialogue, analytic programs, investment project design, and pilot approaches to improve job quality and access. Since joining the World Bank in 2011, she has contributed to initiatives in South Asia, Africa, and Latin America on poverty, social protection, skills, labor markets, and gender. Her work is published in leading economic journals, and she is a Research Fellow at IZA, Bonn. From 2019 to 2022, she was an Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. She holds an MPA and a PhD from Harvard University.