Aymen Belgacem
Economist, International Monetary Fund
Aymen Belgacem is an economist at the International Monetary Fund, working in the Middle East and North Africa Department since October 2019. Previously, he was an associate professor of economics and head of studies at the University of Orleans. He has accumulated in his background a considerable experience of economic analysis, policy discussions and research in financial economics and structural issues, culminating in the publication of several papers and participation in policy dialogues.
Areas of Interest:
- Economic Policy, structural reforms
- Emerging Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- PhD in Economics, with honors, Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, France, 2006 - 2010
- MSc (2nd year) in Money, Banking and Markets, with honors, Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, France, 2005 - 2006
- MSc (1st year) in Accounting and Finance, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Carthage, Tunisia, 2001 - 2005
- International Monetary Fund, Country Economist, Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia department, 2019 - Present
- University of Orléans, Bourges Institute of Technology, France: Associate Professor of Economics, and Chief of Studies, 2011- 2019
- Why is Tunisia’s unemployment so high? Evidence from policy factors, with Jerome Vacher. IMF Working Paper, 2023/219.
- Informality, Development, and Business Cycle in North Africa. IMF departmental paper, 2022/11.
- Interactions Between Risk-Taking, Capital and Reinsurance for Property-Liability Insurance Firms, with S. Mankai, 2016, Journal of Risk and Insurance.
