Renos Vakis is a Lead Economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region at the World Bank. His research focuses on poverty reduction, equity and gender issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. He also supports the design, targeting and impact evaluation of anti-poverty interventions. He has written extensively on issues related to poverty dynamics and mobility, risk management, social protection, gender and aspirations, market failures and rural development, especially in Latin America and South Asia. He has also taught economics at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.