Charalambos G.Tsangarides
Last Updated: August 8, 2018
Charalambos G. Tsangarides is a Deputy Chief of the Eastern II Division in the IMF’s African Department. He is currently the Mission Chief for Comoros, and Deputy Mission Chief for Nigeria. Previously, he lead the work on analytical chapters for the semi-annual Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook and contributed to policy analysis. Prior to that, he was senior economist in the IMF’s Research Department where he coordinated the department’s vulnerability analysis for advanced and emerging market countries which assesses risks to the global economy. His main research interests are economic growth, international macroeconomics, and applied econometrics. He has written on issues related to the stability of the international monetary system—including exchange rate regimes, exchange rate assessments, international reserves, and external imbalances—the nexus between income inequality and growth, exchange rate regimes and bilateral trade, and the application of Bayesian methods for model uncertainty.
Email: CTSANGARIDES@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/cgtsangarides/
Fluent In: Greek.
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, George Washington University, 2003
M.A., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1999
M.S., Statistics, American University, 1995
B.A., Double major, Economics & Statistics, American University, summa cum laude, 1994
Fulbright Scholar, 1990-94
Previous Experience:
Economist/Senior Economist, Research Department, Systemic Issues Division/Immediate Office, IMF, 2008-2015
Economist, Policy Development and Review Department, Policy Review Division, IMF, 2007-2008
Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies-SAIS (Applied Econometrics Tools in Development Economics-graduate level), Spring 2007
Economist, African Department, Division 10/Immediate Office, IMF, 2003-07
Instructor, Department of Economics, George Washington University (Undergraduate Principles of Macroeconomics), 2002, 2003
Summer Intern, African Department, IMF, 2001
Summer Intern, Africa Region, Macroeconomics Division III, World Bank, 1998
Economist, Africa Region, Country Operations Division II, World Bank, 1995-1997