Gabriela Cugat

Last Updated: December 01, 2023

Gabriela Cugat is an economist at the Development Macroeconomics Division in the Research Department. Previously she worked in the Asia and Pacific Department. Her research interests include international macroeconomics, economic growth, household heterogeneity and inequality. She holds a PhD from Northwestern University and she joined the IMF in 2019.

Email: GCUGAT@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/view/gabycugat

Fluent In: Spanish.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University, 2019

Postgraduate studies in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, 2013

B.A. in Economics, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, 2010


Previous Experience:

IMF, Asia and Pacific Department, Pacific Islands Division, Economist Program, 2021

IMF, Research Department, Development Macroeconomics Division, Economist Program, 2019


Field of Expertise:

Economic Modeling

Poverty and Inequality

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Macroeconomics

Gabriela Cugat is an economist at the Development Macroeconomics Division in the Research Department. Previously she worked in the Asia and Pacific Department. Her research interests include international macroeconomics, economic growth, household heterogeneity and inequality. She holds a PhD from Northwestern University and she joined the IMF in 2019.

Email: GCUGAT@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/view/gabycugat

Fluent In: Spanish.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University, 2019

Postgraduate studies in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, 2013

B.A. in Economics, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, 2010


Previous Experience:

IMF, Asia and Pacific Department, Pacific Islands Division, Economist Program, 2021

IMF, Research Department, Development Macroeconomics Division, Economist Program, 2019


Field of Expertise:

Economic Modeling

Poverty and Inequality

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Macroeconomics

IMF Country Reports

Solomon Islands, 2023 Staff Report

Vanuatu, 2023 Staff Report.

Solomon Islands, 2021 Staff Report

Vanuatu, 2021 Staff Report

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Market Reforms Can Stabilize Debt and Foster Growth in Developing Countries

How COVID-19 Will Increase Inequality in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Selected Issue

Solomon Islands: Selected Issues Paper. Big Data and High Frequency Surveillance for Pacific Islands Countries: An Application to Solomon Islands.

Other Published Materials

Market Reforms and Public Debt Dynamics in Emerging Market and Developing Economies. Staff Discussion Notes No. 2023/005, September 2023. Joint with Zamid Aligishiev, Romain Duval, Davide Furceri, João Tovar Jalles, Margaux MacDonald, Giovanni Melina, Futoshi Narita, Chris Papageorgiou, and Carlo Pizzinelli.

April 2023 WEO Chapter 3, Box 3.1 "Market Reforms to Promote Growth and Debt Sustainability", with Futoshi Narita and Carlo Pizzinelli.

October 2020 WEO Chapter 1 Box 1.2 "Inclusiveness in Emerging Market and Developing Economies and the Impact of COVID-19", with Futoshi Narita.