Kirsten Schuettler is a Senior Program Officer at the World Bank\'s Development Economics - Prospects Group. In the Migration & Remittances team her responsibilities include monitoring remittances flows to the MENA region and contributing to the implementation of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD). Prior to joining the World Bank she worked for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as a component manager in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Program in Tunisia and as an advisor on migration and private sector development at GIZ headquarters. She has published on different aspects of the link between migration and economic development. She holds a Master’s degree in political science from the University of Freiburg and a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Hagen.