In February 2027, the Geneva Graduate Institute's Center for Finance and Development (CFD), with the support of the Department of International Economics and the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB), will offer a course on “Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View”.
The course is taught by a group of ten Geneva Graduate Institute alumni who now hold senior positions in the private sector or international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The course emphasises the links between academic training and policy applications, and is fully in line with the mission of the Department of International Economics of providing training on the application of sound economic analysis and advanced quantitative techniques to address real-world policy issues.
The course, which was piloted at the Institute by Professor Jean-Louis Arcand in 2012, is the brainchild of Institute alumna Dr Corinne Deléchat, who also coordinates the sessions with fellow alumni.
The fact that ten professionals are able to carve out a week from their busy schedules to teach at the Institute witnesses the strong ties between the Institute and its alumni community.
The course covers the IMF’s response to shocks in developing countries (Corinne Deléchat, IMF), external imbalances (Luca Antonio Ricci, IMF), the economics of climate adaptation (Jennifer Blanke, Morphosis), fragmentation and re-globalization in international trade (Daria Taglioni, World Bank), investing in frontier markets (Aurélie Martin, Ninety One), sovereign debt (Paul Mathieu, formerly IMF), monetary policy in emerging market and developing economies (Thomas Helbling, IMF), managing public finances (Manal Fouad, formerly IMF), economic policy for resource-rich developing countries (Jaroslaw Wieczorek, IMF), and the economics of war and recovery in fragile states (Jean-Marc Natal, IMF).
The alumni will also make time to meet with students outside of class, giving them an opportunity to discuss their own areas of interest or specific questions about working in economics.
Registrations will open on August 26th, 2026 at 3pm.
We look forward to welcoming you to the course in February 2027!
For more information, please contact Patricia Arnold at the Centre for Finance and Development.
