Geneviève Verdier
Last Updated: December 01, 2011
Geneviève Verdier is an economist in the African Department of the IMF. She completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia. Her research interest include economic growth, international macroeconomics and financial development. Prior to joining the Fund, she was an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. She has also worked as an economist at the Bank of Canada.
Email: gverdier@imf.org
Fluent In: French.
Education:
PhD Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2004
MA, Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1996
BA Honours, Economics and Finance, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1995
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, African Department, International Monetary Fund, 2012-Present
Economist, African Department, International Monetary Fund, 2009-2011
Economist, IMF Institute, African Division, International Monetary Fund, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2003-2007
Economist, Bank of Canada, 1996-1998
Current Position:
Senior Economist, African Department, IMF
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Ghana desk, African Department, IMF, 2011-Present
Zimbabwe desk, African Department, IMF, 2009-2011
IMF Books and Working Papers:
The Design of Fiscal Adjustment Strategies in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland, Working Paper No. 11/266, November 01, 2011
Mother, Can I trust the Government?Sustained Financial Deepening - A Political InstitutionsView, Working Paper No. 10/210, September 01, 2010
FDI Flows to Low-Income Countries: Global Drivers and Growth Implications, Working Paper No. 10/132, June 01, 2010
Firm Productivity, Innovation and Financial Development, Working Paper No. 10/49, February 01, 2010
A Real Model of Transitional Growth and Competitiveness in China, Working Paper No. 08/99, April 01, 2008
Lucas vs. Lucas: On Inequality and Growth, Working Paper No. 07/17, January 01, 2007
Books
"African Finance in the 21st Century" (Marc Quintyn and Genevieve Verdier, eds), 2010, Palgrave-MacMillan.
Publications in Refereed Journals
"A Real Model of Transitional Growth and Competitiveness in China" (with L. Lipschitz and C. Rochon), Journal of Asian Economics, 22 (2011), 267-283.
"What Drives Long-Term Capital Flows: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation", Journal of International Economics, 74 (2008), 120-142.
"Inequality and Growth: Some Welfare Calculations" (with Juan-Carlos Cordoba), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 32 (2008), 1812-29.
"Measuring Internal Trade Distances: A New Method Applied to Estimate Provincial Border Effects in Canada" (with John Helliwell), Canadian Journal of Economics, 32 (2001), 1024-41.
"Structural Influences on Participation Rates: A Canada-U.S. Comparison" (with Irene Ip and Sheryl King), Canadian Business Economics, 7 (1999), 25-41.
Other IMF Publications
"The Domestic Solution" (with Leslie Lipschitz and Celine Rochon), Finance & Development, March 2009, 36[1].
"Trusting the Government" with Marc Quintyn, Finance & Development, December 2010, 47[4].
Geneviève Verdier is an economist in the African Department of the IMF. She completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia. Her research interest include economic growth, international macroeconomics and financial development. Prior to joining the Fund, she was an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. She has also worked as an economist at the Bank of Canada.
Email: gverdier@imf.org
Fluent In: French.
Education:
PhD Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2004
MA, Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1996
BA Honours, Economics and Finance, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1995
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, African Department, International Monetary Fund, 2012-Present
Economist, African Department, International Monetary Fund, 2009-2011
Economist, IMF Institute, African Division, International Monetary Fund, 2006-2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2003-2007
Economist, Bank of Canada, 1996-1998
Current Position:
Senior Economist, African Department, IMF
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Ghana desk, African Department, IMF, 2011-Present
Zimbabwe desk, African Department, IMF, 2009-2011
IMF Books and Working Papers:
The Design of Fiscal Adjustment Strategies in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland, Working Paper No. 11/266, November 01, 2011
Mother, Can I trust the Government?Sustained Financial Deepening - A Political InstitutionsView, Working Paper No. 10/210, September 01, 2010
FDI Flows to Low-Income Countries: Global Drivers and Growth Implications, Working Paper No. 10/132, June 01, 2010
Firm Productivity, Innovation and Financial Development, Working Paper No. 10/49, February 01, 2010
A Real Model of Transitional Growth and Competitiveness in China, Working Paper No. 08/99, April 01, 2008
Lucas vs. Lucas: On Inequality and Growth, Working Paper No. 07/17, January 01, 2007
Books
"African Finance in the 21st Century" (Marc Quintyn and Genevieve Verdier, eds), 2010, Palgrave-MacMillan.
Publications in Refereed Journals
"A Real Model of Transitional Growth and Competitiveness in China" (with L. Lipschitz and C. Rochon), Journal of Asian Economics, 22 (2011), 267-283.
"What Drives Long-Term Capital Flows: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation", Journal of International Economics, 74 (2008), 120-142.
"Inequality and Growth: Some Welfare Calculations" (with Juan-Carlos Cordoba), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 32 (2008), 1812-29.
"Measuring Internal Trade Distances: A New Method Applied to Estimate Provincial Border Effects in Canada" (with John Helliwell), Canadian Journal of Economics, 32 (2001), 1024-41.
"Structural Influences on Participation Rates: A Canada-U.S. Comparison" (with Irene Ip and Sheryl King), Canadian Business Economics, 7 (1999), 25-41.
Other IMF Publications
"The Domestic Solution" (with Leslie Lipschitz and Celine Rochon), Finance & Development, March 2009, 36[1].
"Trusting the Government" with Marc Quintyn, Finance & Development, December 2010, 47[4].