Asha Williams is a Senior Social Protection Specialist with the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific region. Asha has over 15 years’ experience on various Social Protection and Labor topics, including social protection systems; adaptive social protection; social safety nets; labor market programs; youth; and people with disabilities. She has specialized on the Caribbean and Latin America for most of her career, but has also worked on these topics in African and East Asian and Pacific countries. In her current role, she primarily works on managing the social assistance project portfolio and technical assistance for Indonesia. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked at the Organization of American States as a Program Manager for a multi-country skills training program for at-risk youth, and in her home country, Trinidad and Tobago as a Researcher with the Ministry of Social Development. As a Fulbright Scholar, she obtained a Master’s in International Development and Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Government from University of the West Indies. She has authored several journal articles and reports, which have been published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC), Overseas Development Institute, and the World Bank.