HOW WE WORK
We are a small group of independent or university-affiliated specialists with deep practical economic, political, and policymaking experience.
We help to create economic growth strategies that are not just technically sound, but politically viable, understanding that our partners need to navigate complex political landscapes to build and sustain support for tough reforms.
LOCAL REALITY FIRST
TRUST THROUGH INDEPENDENCE
MOVE AT THE SPEED OF POLITICS
LONG-TERM HORIZONS
Our ultimate loyalty is to the long-term welfare of the population .
BEYOND POLITICAL CYCLES
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
OUR TEAM
Stefan Dercon
Pascal Mensah
Abebe Aemro Selassie
Visiting Professor of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government. Former Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Christian Lippitsch
Stephen Paduano
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and a Senior Economist at the Finance for Development Lab. Previously a Senior Policy Adviser at the US Treasury and a consultant at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. His research focuses on international finance and development.
Páll Kvaran
Shantayanan Devarajan
Victoria Kwakwa
Former World Bank Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, and previously for East Asia and the Pacific. Also served as Country Director for Vietnam. Currently serves as IGC Country Director for IGC Zambia.
Nick Lea
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
World Leaders Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Formerly twice-serving Minister of Finance of Indonesia and Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Bank. She brings rare experience translating economic reform from policy design into implementation at the highest levels of government and international finance.
Ken Opalo
Christopher Adam
Professor of Development Economics at the University of Oxford and former Head of the Department of International Development. He is a Visiting Scholar at the IMF, a Lead Academic at the International Growth Centre, and a former advisor for the Bank for International Settlements. His research focuses on the macroeconomics of low-income countries.
Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Assistant Professor of Economics at NYU's Stern School of Business, specializing in macroeconomics and public finance. Previously a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Catherine Pattilo
Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development and former Deputy Director in the African Department of the IMF, where she also served as Assistant Director in the Fiscal Affairs Department. Her research focuses on growth, debt, development finance, and macroeconomics in low-income countries and African economies.
ABOUT US
Launched in 2023, the Economic Policy Network is a partnership between the Centre for the Study of African Economies and the Blavatnik School of Government, at the University of Oxford in the UK.