Shekhar Aiyar
Division Chief, International Monetary Fund
Shekhar Aiyar heads the Multilateral Surveillance Division in the IMF’s Research Department. Previously he served as Mission Chief for Germany, and headed the Eurozone Division. From 2009-2011 he was seconded to the Bank of England. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University, an M.A. from Oxford University and a B.A. from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. His research interests include open economy macroeconomics, international finance, growth empirics and test cricket. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, American Economic Review, European Economic Review, IMF Economic Review, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and Economic Policy.
Featured work
The impact of geoeconomic fragmentation on Foreign Direct Investment
To what extent is geoeconomic fragmentation translating into a fragmentation of FDI?
Role of national structural reforms in enhancing resilience in the Euro Area
At this event Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist at the IMF will discuss the role of national structural reforms in enhancing resilience in the Euro Area.