Welfare Innovation Lab (WIL) is an Egypt-based research consultancy firm. WIL provides research and policy advice tailored to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

WIL provides action-oriented research services, leveraging the founders’ strong academic backgrounds and extensive practical experience in social protection.

Unlike competitors that are either predominantly research-focused or policy-driven, WIL uniquely balances research and practice to deliver impactful solutions. This is further strengthened by the founders’ diverse and extensive experience across the MENA region and Europe, allowing them to integrate global best practices into the recommendations while ensuring they are tailored to the specific challenges and contexts of the MENA region.

Mission

At WIL our mission is to improve the lives and well-being of people across the MENA region by providing research driven, practical solutions that address social protection challenges. We believe that every individual deserves access to effective and inclusive social policies that reflect both global best practices and the unique realities of the minor region. By bridging the gap between academic research and real world policy implementation we work alongside governments, international organisations and development partners to create sustainable, people-centred solutions that foster welfare dignity, resilience and social equity.

We help governments, international organisations and development partners solve social protection challenges in the MENA region by providing action oriented research and tailored policy recommendations that integrate global best practices while addressing local social economic realities, resulting in more effective inclusive, and sustainable welfare policies that improve people’s lives. We do it because everyone deserves access to well designed social protection systems that promote dignity, resilience and social equity.