Meriem is a lead economist in the Innovation Department of the World Bank, championing the integration of geospatial intelligence into development planning and public and private investments. Before this role, Meriem led lending operations and advisory services to governments focusing on export competitiveness, value chains development, and job creation in Asia and Africa. Meriem is a co-author of the book Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa.

Prior to the Bank, Meriem worked at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the Technology, Industry, and Economics Division, taught economics at Sciences Po Paris, and managed a forecasting and analytics team in the Strategy and Innovation Department of a major telecommunications company.

Meriem holds master’s degrees from Harvard Kennedy School (MPA/ID) and École Centrale de Paris and is an Industrial Engineer from École Nationale Polytechnique in Algeria.