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Nelson Sobrinho is a Deputy Division Chief in the IMF’s Finance Department. He also worked in the IMF’s African Department and in the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. He has covered developing country issues for many years and has conducted research on relevant topics in this area including governance, debt sustainability, and financial development. Before joining the IMF, he was a senior economist at the Central Bank of Brazil. He holds a PhD degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

List of Blogs by nelson sobrinho

International reserves

How Financing Can Boost Low-Income Countries’ Resilience to Shocks

June 14, 2023

Karmen Naidoo, Nelson Sobrinho

The economic gains from $272 billion in pandemic support for 94 countries were strongest in the poorest and more vulnerable recipients of IMF concessional financing