Clara Delavallade is a Researcher at the Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) where she leads the research agendas on social protection, socio-emotional skills (SES), and climate change. Her main research interests are in development and behavioral economics with a gender focus. She has worked on human capital (primary education, health services, and insurance), human capital formation, and drivers of motivation (socio-emotional skills, aspirations, mental health, and workplace incentives) and their role in economic development and service delivery to the poor. Her research also delves into risk management and technology adoption among poor farmers (inventory credit, post-harvest technologies, and weather insurance).