Giovanni Melina

Mr. Giovanni Melina is a senior economist in the African Department of the IMF. Previously, he worked for several years in the IMF's Research Department, as an Associate Professor of Macroeconomics at City University London, and as a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey. His research focuses on understanding the sources and propagation of macroeconomic shocks, on the design of monetary and fiscal stabilization policies, and the link between macroeconomic policy and growth in developing countries. Recently, his research has focused also on green investments, the effects of climate change on macroeconomic outcomes of disaster-prone countries and related policies. He holds a PhD in Economics from Birkbeck, University of London.