Alfredo Baldini

Alfredo Baldini is an Italian economist who served as the IMF Resident Representative in Zambia until 2018 and previously held senior positions at the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development. His career includes serving on Italy's Council of Economic Advisers and holding academic positions at prestigious institutions including Bocconi University in Milan, London School of Economics, New School for Social Research in New York, and DELTA (now Paris School of Economics). Since joining the IMF in 2000, he has worked extensively in the African Department and Fiscal Affairs Department, managing IMF programs across Southern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. His research focuses on monetary policy modeling and forecasting in low-income countries, particularly examining dynamic interactions between monetary and fiscal policies. Baldini holds a PhD and MSc in Economics from the University of London and a bachelor's degree from Bocconi University. Fluent in Italian, English, French, and Spanish, his expertise spans macroeconomic modeling, fiscal policy, and development economics, as demonstrated through his work on Zambia's economic programs and his contributions to understanding fiscal and monetary determinants of inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa.