Katsiaryna Svirydzenka
Last Updated: November 15, 2021
Katsiaryna Svirydzenka is Assistant to the Director of the Asia and Pacific Department. Previously she worked as economist in the Asia and Pacific Regional Studies Division and prior to that in the Emerging Markets Division of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. She contributed to the work of multiple IMF country teams, including India, Russia, Malaysia, Serbia, Mongolia, Solomon Islands, and others. Her research interests include financial cycles, network analysis and systemic risk, financial spillovers, financial development, IMF facilities and program design, firm-level productivity and zombie firms.
Email: KSVIRYDZENKA@imf.org
Fluent In: Italian, Russian.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude avec Felicitations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006-2010
M.A. in International Economics and International Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy and Washington D.C., USA, 2002-2004
B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 1998-2002
Previous Experience:
International Monetary Fund, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, Emerging Markets Division, 2012-2017
International Monetary Fund, African Department, Mauritius and Mozambique, 2010-2012
Bank of England, Financial Stability Department, International Finance Division, Ph.D. internship, 2009
Study Center Gerzensee, Swiss National Bank, Teaching Assistant, 2008-2009
International Monetary Fund, European Department, Research Assistant, 2004-2006
Tudor Investment Corporation, Emerging Markets Group, Quantitative Analyst, 2004
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Article IV Surveillance: India, Russia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Mauritius
Program negotiations and reviews: Serbia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands.
Seminar Presentation:
Financial Cycles: Early Warning Indicators of Banking Crises? Analytical Corner at the 2018 IMF Spring Meetings
https://www.imfconnect.org/content/imf/en/annual-meetings/calendar/open/2018/04/17/financial_cyclesearlywarningindicatorsofbankingcrises_125729.html?display=none
Others:
Financial Development Index database: http://data.imf.org/fdindex
Nine indices that summarize how developed financial institutions and financial markets are in terms of their depth (size and liquidity), access (ability of individuals and companies to access financial services), and efficiency (ability of institutions to provide financial services at low cost and with sustainable revenues and the level of activity of capital markets) in 183 countries with annual frequency starting from 1980.
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
International Finance
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Policy Advice to Asia in the COVID-19 Era , Departmental Paper No. , March 05, 2021
Managing External Volatility: Policy Frameworks in Non-Reserve Issuing Economies , Working Paper No. 2020/288 , December 18, 2020
Introducing a New Broad-based Index of Financial Development , Working Paper No. 16/5 , January 12, 2016
Effects of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies on Financial Conditions : Evidence from the United States , Working Paper No. 15/288 , December 31, 2015
Rethinking Financial Deepening : Stability and Growth in Emerging Markets , May 04, 2015
Rethinking Financial Deepening : Stability and Growth in Emerging Markets , May 04, 2015
Mauritius The Drivers of Growth—Can the Past be Extended? , Working Paper No. 14/134 , July 23, 2014
Other Published Materials
Low Inflation in Asia: How Long Will It Last? APD Regional Economic Outlook Chapter 2, April 2018.
Spillovers from China: Financial Channels, IMF Spillover Note 5, September 27, 2016
Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net, IMF Policy Paper, March 2016
Crisis Program Review, IMF Policy Paper, November 9, 2015
Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, IMF Policy Paper, September 2015
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Other Published Materials
Katsiaryna Svirydzenka is Assistant to the Director of the Asia and Pacific Department. Previously she worked as economist in the Asia and Pacific Regional Studies Division and prior to that in the Emerging Markets Division of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. She contributed to the work of multiple IMF country teams, including India, Russia, Malaysia, Serbia, Mongolia, Solomon Islands, and others. Her research interests include financial cycles, network analysis and systemic risk, financial spillovers, financial development, IMF facilities and program design, firm-level productivity and zombie firms.
Email: KSVIRYDZENKA@imf.org
Fluent In: Italian, Russian.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude avec Felicitations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006-2010
M.A. in International Economics and International Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy and Washington D.C., USA, 2002-2004
B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 1998-2002
Previous Experience:
International Monetary Fund, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, Emerging Markets Division, 2012-2017
International Monetary Fund, African Department, Mauritius and Mozambique, 2010-2012
Bank of England, Financial Stability Department, International Finance Division, Ph.D. internship, 2009
Study Center Gerzensee, Swiss National Bank, Teaching Assistant, 2008-2009
International Monetary Fund, European Department, Research Assistant, 2004-2006
Tudor Investment Corporation, Emerging Markets Group, Quantitative Analyst, 2004
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Article IV Surveillance: India, Russia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Mauritius
Program negotiations and reviews: Serbia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands.
Seminar Presentation:
Financial Cycles: Early Warning Indicators of Banking Crises? Analytical Corner at the 2018 IMF Spring Meetings
https://www.imfconnect.org/content/imf/en/annual-meetings/calendar/open/2018/04/17/financial_cyclesearlywarningindicatorsofbankingcrises_125729.html?display=none
Others:
Financial Development Index database: http://data.imf.org/fdindex
Nine indices that summarize how developed financial institutions and financial markets are in terms of their depth (size and liquidity), access (ability of individuals and companies to access financial services), and efficiency (ability of institutions to provide financial services at low cost and with sustainable revenues and the level of activity of capital markets) in 183 countries with annual frequency starting from 1980.
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
International Finance
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Policy Advice to Asia in the COVID-19 Era , Departmental Paper No. , March 05, 2021
Managing External Volatility: Policy Frameworks in Non-Reserve Issuing Economies , Working Paper No. 2020/288 , December 18, 2020
Introducing a New Broad-based Index of Financial Development , Working Paper No. 16/5 , January 12, 2016
Effects of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies on Financial Conditions : Evidence from the United States , Working Paper No. 15/288 , December 31, 2015
Rethinking Financial Deepening : Stability and Growth in Emerging Markets , May 04, 2015
Rethinking Financial Deepening : Stability and Growth in Emerging Markets , May 04, 2015
Mauritius The Drivers of Growth—Can the Past be Extended? , Working Paper No. 14/134 , July 23, 2014
Other Published Materials
Low Inflation in Asia: How Long Will It Last? APD Regional Economic Outlook Chapter 2, April 2018.
Spillovers from China: Financial Channels, IMF Spillover Note 5, September 27, 2016
Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net, IMF Policy Paper, March 2016
Crisis Program Review, IMF Policy Paper, November 9, 2015
Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, IMF Policy Paper, September 2015