Gita Bhatt

Gita Bhatt is the Head of Policy Communications and Editor-In-Chief of Finance & Development magazine. She has a multifaceted communications background, with more than 20 years of professional experience, including in media and public affairs. During 2009-11, she worked at the Reserve Bank of India as Adviser to the Governor. She has an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelors in Economics and Philosophy from George Washington University.

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Contents

• Asia’s Next Growth Story
  • Published: September 2, 2026
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: The question for policymakers is how to seize new opportunities to renew Asia’s economic growth
• World Rethinks Geoeconomic Calculus in a More Contested Era
  • Published: June 2, 2026
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Economic thinking must evolve to account for a shift in how nations pursue security, growth, and influence
• Debt Confronts Policymakers With Difficult Trade-offs
  • Published: March 4, 2026
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: There are few elegant, easy, or politically attractive ways to reduce debt
• Better Economic Measurement Is About Wiser Use, Not Just More Data
  • Published: December 3, 2025
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Statistics are a means, not an end, that should serve the public by helping us see the world more clearly and make better decisions
• How Stablecoins and Other Financial Innovations May Reshape the Global Economy
  • Published: September 4, 2025
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Policymakers will need to achieve a difficult balance between benefits and risks while safeguarding both individual consumers and financial stability
• A United Europe Can Shape the Global Economy
  • Published: June 3, 2025
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: The European Union must unite to shape today’s global economy, rather than be shaped by it
• How Talent Fuels Growth
  • Published: March 4, 2025
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Smart policies that help people realize their potential can be game-changing for entire societies
• Housing’s Unique Role in Lives and Economies Demands Greater Understanding
  • Published: December 4, 2024
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Affordability and other complex housing issues challenging governments can be better revealed in broader economic analysis
• Sustained Economic Growth Hinges on Productivity Gains as Populations Age
  • Published: September 4, 2024
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: A productivity slump is eroding living standards and imperiling financial and social stability
• As IMF Turns 80, Mounting Global Challenges Mean World Must Work Together
  • Published: June 4, 2024
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Our biggest challenges—from global warming to demographic and technological transformations—cannot be resolved by countries acting alone.
• Beyond Efficiency: A More-human Economics
  • Published: March 4, 2024
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: There is a growing consensus that the economics profession must be open to new ideas and frameworks if it hopes to solve the world’s biggest problems
• The AI Awakening
  • Published: November 30, 2023
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Generative AI has introduced tantalizing new possibilities. Yet the initial excitement surrounding AI has given way to genuine and growing concerns. This issue is an early attempt to understand AI’s implications for growth, jobs, inequality, and finance.
• Time to Tap Growth Opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Published: August 31, 2023
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT Magazine: Transparent governance, economic modernization, private-sector leadership, and responsiveness to the energy transition can aid transformation
• Trade in Turmoil
  • Published: June 1, 2023
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Despite geopolitical tensions, meaningful cooperation on trade remains possible
• New Worries for Central Bankers
  • Published: March 1, 2023
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: This issue of F&D explores how inflation dynamics have forced a re-think of how central banks conduct monetary policy
• Climate Security and Energy Security Must Go Hand-in-Hand
  • Published: December 1, 2022
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Finance & Development magazine examines where the green energy transition stands amid geopolitical tensions
• Reimagining Money in the Age of Crypto and Central Bank Digital Currency
  • Published: September 1, 2022
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
  • Summary: Letter from the Editor: The recent plunge in crypto assets has left investors numbed by losses and surely in doubt. But the future of money is undoubtedly digital
• A Deeper Look at Forces Fragmenting Our World—and How to Respond
  • Published: June 2, 2022
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Rethinking Fiscal Policy and Debt for a Post-Pandemic World
  • Published: March 2, 2022
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• The Economics of Health and Well-Being
  • Published: December 2, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• The Climate Issue
  • Published: September 7, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• The Next Move: Consequences for Emerging Markets
  • Published: June 2, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• The Haves and Have-nots Of the Digital Age
  • Published: March 1, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Window for Change
  • Published: December 1, 2020
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• A Turning Point for Political Economy
  • Published: June 1, 2020
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Demographics and Destiny
  • Published: March 2, 2020
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• A New Climate Economy
  • Published: November 26, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Keynes, the IMF, and the Future
  • Published: May 30, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt

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