Mpela Chembe is an Associate Research Manager for IPA's Consumer Protection Research Initiative (CPRI) and is based in Lusaka, Zambia. He has worked across research, policy, and practice at IPA for more than seven years, managing randomized controlled trials that have evaluated nutrition and immunization interventions and assessed the impact of Zambia's Constituency Development Fund (CDF). In his current role, he works to strengthen consumer protection in digital financial services (DFS) in emerging markets, leading the design and rollout of large-scale consumer protection surveys across 10 countries in Africa and Asia, partnering with central banks and regulatory bodies to examine how people use digital financial products and how to reduce the risks they face, and translating that evidence into practical recommendations regulators and policymakers can act on.