Ritika D'Souza is an Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for the People Vice Presidency at the World Bank. She co-leads the Human Capital Index (HCI) program and related analytics. She is engaged in World Bank lending operations in Africa, with a focus on education in fragile contexts. She also works on refugee education as part of the Inclusion Support Program for Refugee Education (INSPIRE) that supports the integration of refugee children into host country education systems. Previously, she worked in the South Asia Chief Economist Office, where her research covered nutrition, education, gender, and jobs. She has also managed the field implementation of impact evaluations of agriculture, food security, and nutrition projects in Nepal and Rwanda with the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) group. She holds an MA in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.