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Alessandro Rebucci

Alessandro Rebucci is a Principal Research Economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. In his position he advises IDB senior managers on international macroeconomic and financial policy issues; he contributes to the dialogue with the policy markets of the region, including in the new IDB LAC-G20 initiative, and to the IDB annual macroeconomic report; he reviews macroeconomic sustainability assessments in borrowing countries and he is a member of the Senior Advisory Committee of the IDB Chief Economist on such assessments; he leads IDB-supported research on monetary and macro-prudential policies, on the impact of China on LAC and the world economy, on the global imbalances, and debt sustainability in the Caribbean countries. In this position, he also conducts independent academic research for publication in refereed journals on international finance and macroeconomic issues. In 2011 he acted as Regional Economic Advisor (ad interim) for the Caribbean Countries of the IDB and led (with Arturo Galindo) a grant-supported research project on housing finance for the 2011 edition of the IDB annual flagship research publication (Developments in the Americas—DIA). He was a lead reviewer for Ecuador in 2008-2009 and he represented the IDB at the IIF PCG meetings in 2008-2011.

Previously, he was a Senior Economist in the World Economic Studies (WEO) Division and an Economist in the Modeling Division of the IMF Research Department, an Economist in the Stand-by Operation Division of the IMF Policy and Development and Review Department. During his IMF tenure he wrote several papers on monetary policy, global external imbalances, and other international finance issues, publishing both refereed articles and policy and country reports, including three World Economic Outlook chapters and several country reports. He co-edited a book on IMF programs and co-organized a research conference on International Macro-Finance, co-editing the special issue of the Journal of International Economics. He was a lead reviewer for Brazil and Uruguay during the 2002 crises and he participated in numerous IMF missions including program, surveillance and technical assistance.

He holds a PhD in economics from the University of London (2002), a MSc in economics and a “Laurea” in economics and social sciences from Bocconi University (1994). To learn more about me and my work visit https://sites.google.com/site/arebucci/

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