Nikola Spatafora
Last Updated: July 10, 2013
Dr. Nikola Spatafora is Lead Research Economist for East Asia & the Pacific at the World Bank. He is currently on leave from the IMF, where he has served in the Research Department, European Department, Fiscal Affairs Department, and IMF Institute.
His research interests and publications focus on:
Economic Growth
Structural Transformation
International Trade
Oil and Natural Resources
Remittances
FDI
He has published widely, including in the Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, IMF World Economic Outlook, and World Bank Global Economic Prospects. His research has also been featured in the Economist, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale, and a B.A. (First Class) in Politics, Philosophy, & Economics from Balliol College, Oxford.
Email: NSPATAFORA@imf.org
Fluent In: French, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
YALE UNIVERSITY, Ph.D., Economics (1997)
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, B.A. (First-Class Honours), Politics, Philosophy, & Economics (1991)
Previous Experience:
WORLD BANK, Development Economics Research Group, Washington DC
Consultant, 1995, 1994, 1993.
YALE UNIVERSITY
Teaching Assistant / Lecturer, 1993–1997: Graduate International Economics, Graduate Macroeconomics, and Undergraduate Macroeconomics.
DRESDNER KLEINWORT BENSON, London, UK
Summer Associate, 1992.
Professional Activities:
Referee for: American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Population Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, World Development, and World Bank Economic Review.
Awards and Honors:
1996–97: Robert Leylan Prize Dissertation Fellowship
1995: Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship
1992–94: Yale University Doctoral Fellowship
1992: Einaudi Foundation (Turin, Italy) Fellowship
1990: Oxford University Roy Jenkins Prize in Economics
1989: Balliol College, Oxford, Merit Scholarship
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Country Officer: Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Russia.
Missions & Review: Albania, Brazil, China, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, FYR Macedonia, Oman, South Africa, Turkey.