Alumni Spotlight: Elisa Cifiello (BA IR ’20) on her Career in Climate Finance
Elisa Cifiello (BA IR ’20), now an Associate at Clarmondial in Zurich, Switzerland, reflects on how her Pardee School education shaped her path into climate and sustainable finance. After early roles as a Data Analyst, International & European Relations Analyst, and Climate Finance Analyst, where she consistently worked with complex datasets, cross‑team collaboration, and policy…
Gallagher Op-Ed Challenges IMF Austerity in the Global South
In a recent Project Syndicate op-ed, “Escaping the IMF Austerity Trap,” Pardee Professor and Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, co-authoring with Kenyan economist and former finance minister Njūgūna S. Ndūng’ū, critiques the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) continued reliance on austerity-driven lending programs in the Global South. Against the backdrop of global…
Gallagher on the IMF Amid Changing Global Power
Pardee Professor and Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher was interviewed by Bloomberg in a segment, “Can the World’s Economic Firefighter Adapt to the 21st Century?,” addressing the current state of the The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and criticism of its ability of appropriately provide aid when global powers have shifted. Gallagher…
Mehrling Explores History of and Challenges Facing International Dollar System
Professor Mehrling and host Demetri Kofinas aim to help deepen the understanding of a financial system that has proven to be far more resilient than many of its critics and most ardent supporters could have possibly imagined.
Mehrling Discusses Cryptocurrency and Contemporary Monetary Landscape
Professor Mehrling discusses how an understanding of what he calls the “hierarchy of money” can help us understand the cryptocurrency crash of 2022.
Gallagher and Springer Discuss Trends in Chinese Overseas Development Finance
Professor Gallagher and Cecilia Han Springer talk about new findings from the GDP Center’s “China’s Global Energy Finance Database,” and outline China’s declining energy sector loans and what that means for future development financing and global green energy investments.
Gallagher Participates in Panel Exploring Implementation of SDGs
Professor Gallagher joined global experts to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on SDG implementation, whether the international community is on track to meet the 2030 deadline, as well as the need for renewed multilateralism and buy-in from advanced economies in emerging markets and developing countries.
Grimes and Kring Publish Article on East Asian Financial Governance
Professor Grimes and William Kring discuss East Asia’s economic growth and explore why the economies of the region have not put forward new models of global financial governance.
Gallagher and Kring Publish Op-Ed in Global Policy on GFSN
Professors Kring and Gallagher co-authored an OpEd on the need for a more robust, inclusive, and equitable GFSN.
Gallagher Publishes Op-Ed on China’s Influence on Global Finance
Prof. Kevin Gallagher discusses China’s growing influence on global finance at a time when the U.S. is scaling back participation on the global stage.