

Andrea Presbitero
Deputy Division Chief, Research Department at IMF; Associate Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
Andrea F. Presbitero is Deputy Division Chief of the Multilateral Surveillance Division in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund, CEPR Research Fellow in the International Macroeconomics and Finance programme, Associate Fellow at SAIS Europe, and member of the Money & Finance Research (MoFiR). He has been Assistant Professor at the Universita' Politecnica delle Marche and Associate Professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is an applied economist whose research covers financial intermediation, development finance, and international finance. His work has been published in top journals, including the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, AEJ: Policy, the Journal on International Economics, and the Journal of Development Economics. He serves as associate editor of the IMF Economic Review, Economia (LACEA) and the Journal of Financial Stability.
Recent work by Andrea Presbitero
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Expanding mobile internet fueled a financial transition in Rwanda
Mobile connectivity improves access to land, enabling individuals to use land titles as collateral for bank credit and invest in construction.
Published 06.02.25
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Commodity prices and banking crises
Volatility of commodity prices is a key driver of the likelihood of banking crises in low-income countries
Published 26.07.21
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The benefits of financial inclusion in Rwanda
Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development
Published 19.11.18