Feature Team Members

Alena Sakhonchik is a Private Sector Specialist at the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project, where she currently leads research on regulatory and policy gaps around access, public finance, and quality of childcare services across 190 countries around the world. Alena stood at the grassroots of the WBL index creation and the development of the two indicators – on Childcare and Pensions. After joining the World Bank in 2014, Alena has also been providing technical support to country projects focusing on broader sustainable and inclusive private sector development. Prior to joining the World Bank, Alena held research and consulting positions in the private sector and research institutions, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Hudson Institute. Alena holds a M.A. in International Economic Relations from American University in Washington DC.