Francesca Viola

Francesca joined the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti in October 2018 where she supports the social and economic policy unit on research projects related to integrated social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa. She previously worked on impact evaluation of public policies in Ghana, Kenya and Morocco with the World Bank and Innovation for Poverty Action and on children’s rights advocacy with Terre des Hommes. Francesca holds an MSc in Development Economics and an MA in Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights. Her research interests include household economic wellbeing, child sensitive social protection and child-rights based approaches.