IMF RESEARCHER

James P. Walsh. Mr. Walsh is an Advisor in the European Department and mission chief for the Republic of Türkiye. His previous assignments at the IMF include seven years in the Fund's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and country surveillance work on various emerging markets in all regions of the world, including China and India. His analytical work has covered macro-financial linkages, inflation, financing infrastructure investment, and systemic financial risks and is co-author of a book on Asian financial systems. He also worked in the IMF’s policy design department, assessing the IMF’s surveillance of developing economies. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Email: JWALSH@imf.org

Fluent In: Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Spanish.