Luca AntonioRicci
Last Updated: October 5, 2025
Assistant Director and Mission Chief,
International Monetary Fund.
CEPR Research Fellow.
Email: LRICCI@imf.org
Fluent In: French, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
1996: Ph.D. in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1993-1995: Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University.
1993: M.A in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1990: B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Previous Experience:
2011-present: International Monetary Fund - African Department (2021-present), Western Hemisphere Department (2013-2021), Research Department (2011-2013).
2010-2011 – Barclays Capital, Managing Director, Head of International Economic Research.
1996-2010: International Monetary Fund - Research Department (2004-2010), African Department (2001-2004), Research Department (1998-2001), Middle Eastern Department (1997-1998), Research Department (1996-97).
1995-1996: Researcher in international economics at the University of Konstanz, under the Human Capital Mobility Program of the European Union.
Referee Activities:
American Economic Review; E-conomics; Economic Change and Restructuring; Economic Journal; Economie et Prevision; European Journal of Political Economy; International Economic Review; International Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Urban Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Review of International Economics; Rivista di Politica Economica; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
Editorial Activities:
Associate Editor of Economie Internationale
Associate Editor of Economic Notes
Teaching:
2024-25: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2022-23: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2020-21: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2018-19: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2016-17: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2014-15: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2012-13:Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "International Financial Flows to Developing Countries and Emerging Markets: Determinants, Impact and Policy Challenges (A Practitioners’ Perspective)" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2004, May: Visiting professor in International Finance at Luiss University (Rome) and University of Bari, Italy.
1991-1993: Teaching Assistant in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
Others:
HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ORGANIZATION
Organized a High-Level event with IMF Deputy Managing Director Bo Li and the Governors of the thirty-three Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Central Banks, during the 2025 IMF-WB Spring meeting, focusing on digital payments in SSA (https://www.imf.org/en/Videos/view?vid=6372119635112)
Organized a High-Level event with IMF Deputy Managing Director Bo Li and the Governors of the thirty-three Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Central Banks, during the 2024 IMF-WB Spring meeting, focusing on digital payments in SSA (https://www.imf.org/en/Videos/view?vid=6352140356112)
Created and Organized, jointly with IMF colleagues, the IMF Africa Perspective series (https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2022/06/10/africa-speaker-series), which explores topics related to Africa with experts on the continent and is moderated by IMF African department director Abebe Aemro Selassie.
Organized, jointly with IMF colleagues, the June 19 2023 event on "CBDC and Digital Payments" in Morocco, with the participation of the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
Organized jointly with the Minister of Finance of Chile a two-day conference on "Enhancing Chile's Fiscal Frameworks: Lessons from the Domestic and International Experience", Jan. 17-18, 2019, with the participation of Chilean authorities from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, Academics, ex-Ministers and ex-Governors, representative from the government of New Zealand, IMF, and IADB. (https://www.hacienda.cl/sala-de-prensa/conferencias-y-seminarios/conferencia-fiscal-ministerio-de.html; https://www.latercera.com/pulso/noticia/presidente-del-banco-central-sugiere-fortalecer-la-rendicion-cuentas-regla-fiscal/490116/; https://www.df.cl/noticias/economia-y-politica/gobierno/larrain-y-el-fmi-analizaron-propuestas-de-perfeccionamiento-al-marco/2019-01-18/182827.html; http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=539146)
Organized, jointly with IMF colleagues, an IMF Annual Meeting Seminar on "Sovereign Debt in Developing Countries: Rising Vulnerabilities and the Path to Resilience", October 2017. (https://www.imf.org/external/POS_Meetings/SeminarDetails.aspx?SeminarId=260)
Organized jointly with the Minister of Finance of Panama the roundtable discussion on "Panama long-term growth prospects and opportunities", Dec 4 2014, with the participation of country authorities, private sector representatives, World Bank, and Iadb (see http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/economia-panamena-seguira-creciendo-si-el-estado-le-hace-frente-los-cabos-sueltos-955226).
Organized jointly with Piercarlo Padoan--then chief economist of OECD, later Minister of Finance of Italy--and Giuseppe De Arcangelis, a two-day conference on "Advances in International Economics and Economic Dynamics" in Rome Italy in September 2010
HIGH-LEVEL EVENT PARTICIPATION
Invited as keynote speaker on “Artificial Intelligence and Monetary Policy” at the BCEAO international conference on “Artificial Intelligence : Opportunities and Challenges for Central Banks”, on May 21 2025 in Dakar. (https://www.bceao.int/en/communique-presse/bceao-international-conference-artificial-intelligence-opportunities-and), with participation of several Governors and Deputy Governors of African Central Banks, as well as representatives from the World Bank, Banque de France, Deutsche Bundesbank, BOAD, academic institutions, and private sector.
Moderated one panel at the 2025 3i Africa Summit in Accra on May 14 (https://3iafrica.com/agenda/), on Regulating the Future of Africa’s Path to Digital Asset Adoption
Moderated two events at the 2025 Inclusive Fintech Forum in Kigali in February (https://www.inclusivefintechforum.com/speakers/spkr4099-dr-luca-antonio-ricci), on Digital Money in SSA and on Opportunities and Challenges for Remittances in SSA
Moderated a high-level event at the Nov 2024 Singapore Fintech Festival with three Governors of African Central Banks and the MENA regional president of Mastercard (Financial network in the world's fastest growing continent: https://gftn.co/sff-2024-videos-payments/financial-network-in-the-worlds-fastest-growing-continent)
Represented the IMF at the 44th Annual Meetings of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB) were held in Banjul, The Gambia, from July 31st to August 5th, 2022, hosted by the Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) and the AACB.
Represented the IMF in several events of the 2019 APEC meetings hosted by Chile
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Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Public Finance
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Trade
International Finance
Economic Modeling
Development Economics