Neil Shenai
Last Updated: July 10, 2023
Fluent In: French, Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D. in International Political Economy - Johns Hopkins SAIS, USA (2014). Dissertation: "Central and Shadow Banking during the Global Financial Crisis"
M.A. in International Finance - Johns Hopkins SAIS, USA (2008)
B.A. in Economics and International Relations - Johns Hopkins University, USA (2007)
Previous Experience:
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs - U.S. Treasury (2018-19)
Financial Attaché to Mexico and Central America - U.S. Treasury (2016-18)
International Economist - U.S. Treasury (2015-16)
Professional Activities:
Member of the Washington Program Committee of the Board of Directors - Council on Foreign Relations (2021-2024)
Current Position:
Assistant to the Director - IMF's Strategy, Policy & Review Department (2023-present)
Teaching:
Adjunct Lecturer of International Economics - Johns Hopkins SAIS (2011-2016)
IMF Career:
Senior Economist - Strategy, Policy & Review Department (promoted 2023)
Economist - Strategy, Policy & Review Department (2020-2023)
Advisor to the U.S. Executive Director - IMF's Executive Board (2019-2020)
Work in progress:
“Cap and Trade: The Case for Salary Cap Fungibility in the National Football League” (work in progress)
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Fiscal R-Star: Fiscal-Monetary Tensions and Implications for Policy , Working Paper No. 2024/174 , August 09, 2024
How the Brady Plan Delivered on Debt Relief: Lessons and Implications , Working Paper No. 2023/258 , December 15, 2023
The Financial Cost of Using Special Drawing Rights: Implications of Higher Interest Rates , Working Paper No. 2023/193 , September 15, 2023
Lessons from Haiti’s Recent Exchange Rate Developments , Working Paper No. 2022/225 , November 11, 2022
IMF Country Reports
South Africa: Article IV Consultation (2024)
Haiti: Staff-Monitored Program (2023)
Haiti: Second Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (2023)
Haiti: Request for the Disbursement Under the Credit Facility (2023)
Haiti: First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (2023)
Haiti: Staff-Monitored Program (2022)
Other Published Materials
2021 Special Drawing Rights Allocation—Ex-Post Assessment Report (2023)
Review of the Method of Valuation of the SDR (2022)
Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations (2021)
Books
Escaping the Governance Trap: Economic Reform in the Northern Triangle (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Social Finance: Shadow Banking During the Global Financial Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Other Published Materials
The Rupee Dilemma (Foreign Affairs, 2014)
The G-20's Dead Ideas (Foreign Affairs, 2010), with Mark Blyth
Fluent In: French, Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D. in International Political Economy - Johns Hopkins SAIS, USA (2014). Dissertation: "Central and Shadow Banking during the Global Financial Crisis"
M.A. in International Finance - Johns Hopkins SAIS, USA (2008)
B.A. in Economics and International Relations - Johns Hopkins University, USA (2007)
Previous Experience:
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs - U.S. Treasury (2018-19)
Financial Attaché to Mexico and Central America - U.S. Treasury (2016-18)
International Economist - U.S. Treasury (2015-16)
Professional Activities:
Member of the Washington Program Committee of the Board of Directors - Council on Foreign Relations (2021-2024)
Current Position:
Assistant to the Director - IMF's Strategy, Policy & Review Department (2023-present)
Teaching:
Adjunct Lecturer of International Economics - Johns Hopkins SAIS (2011-2016)
IMF Career:
Senior Economist - Strategy, Policy & Review Department (promoted 2023)
Economist - Strategy, Policy & Review Department (2020-2023)
Advisor to the U.S. Executive Director - IMF's Executive Board (2019-2020)
Work in progress:
“Cap and Trade: The Case for Salary Cap Fungibility in the National Football League” (work in progress)
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Fiscal R-Star: Fiscal-Monetary Tensions and Implications for Policy , Working Paper No. 2024/174 , August 09, 2024
How the Brady Plan Delivered on Debt Relief: Lessons and Implications , Working Paper No. 2023/258 , December 15, 2023
The Financial Cost of Using Special Drawing Rights: Implications of Higher Interest Rates , Working Paper No. 2023/193 , September 15, 2023
Lessons from Haiti’s Recent Exchange Rate Developments , Working Paper No. 2022/225 , November 11, 2022
IMF Country Reports
South Africa: Article IV Consultation (2024)
Haiti: Staff-Monitored Program (2023)
Haiti: Second Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (2023)
Haiti: Request for the Disbursement Under the Credit Facility (2023)
Haiti: First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (2023)
Haiti: Staff-Monitored Program (2022)
Other Published Materials
2021 Special Drawing Rights Allocation—Ex-Post Assessment Report (2023)
Review of the Method of Valuation of the SDR (2022)
Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations (2021)
Books
Escaping the Governance Trap: Economic Reform in the Northern Triangle (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Social Finance: Shadow Banking During the Global Financial Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Other Published Materials
The Rupee Dilemma (Foreign Affairs, 2014)
The G-20's Dead Ideas (Foreign Affairs, 2010), with Mark Blyth