Giovanni Melina

Giovanni Melina is currently serving as Deputy Division Chief of the Structural and Climate Policy division at the IMF's Research Department, advancing from his previous roles as Senior Economist in the African Department and Economist in the Research Department. His career spans both academia and international finance, including positions as Associate Professor at City University London and Research Fellow at the University of Surrey. With a PhD in Economics from Birkbeck, University of London, Melina has established himself as a leading voice in macroeconomic policy research, particularly focusing on fiscal and monetary policies, climate economics, and structural issues. His research portfolio includes significant contributions to understanding disaster-prone economies, green investments, and macroeconomic stabilization policies. His work has been widely published in prestigious journals, with notable papers on building resilience to natural disasters, fiscal policy effectiveness, and climate change adaptation. Melina's expertise extends to developing the IMF's analytical frameworks, including the DIGNAR model for debt sustainability analysis, and he has provided technical assistance to numerous countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. As a CESifo Research Network Fellow and multilingual expert fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish, he continues to shape global economic policy discussions, particularly at the intersection of climate change and macroeconomic development.