Isabella Massa

Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group

Dr Isabella Massa has policy-oriented research experience, in particular with respect to African countries. Before joining ODI, she has worked as an Economist (FIP) at the International Monetary Fund within the Middle East and Central Asia Department, and has developed an extensive academic experience as research assistant and instructor in different international universities. Her research interests focus on private capital flows, stock markets development and economic growth. She has published in the Emerging Markets Review, African Development Review, Applied Financial Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis and in institutional working papers as well as occasional papers. She has a PhD in Economics and Organization at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, Italy.

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Responding to external economic shocks: why state capacity and political incentives matter

Publication - Briefing papers - 4 January 2011

ODI Project Briefings 54

Marta Foresti, Isabella Massa, Leni Wild and Dan Harris

This Project Briefing reviews policy responses to the global financial crisis, setting out useful frameworks and concepts to inform more effective assistance for countries affected by future crises.

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KPMG Capability Index

Projects - October 2010 to February 2011

ODI will provide research services to better understand the capabilities and aptitude of a country’s economy and society by developing a Capability Index

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The role of development finance institutions (DFIs) in addressing global challenges

Projects - September 2010 to March 2011

This project will research how aid and non-aid measures can help to address global challenges which are increasingly affecting developing countries (including effect on growth, investment for dealing with the crisis; effect on energy efficiency for climate change; promoting employment in conflict affected areas).

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The global financial crisis and sub-saharan Africa: the effects of slowing private capital inflows on growth

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 1 September 2010

African Development Review

José Brambila-Macias and Isabella Massa

This paper explores the effects of the global financial crisis on sub-Saharan Africa. Research to examines the relationship between economic growth and four different types of private capital inflows

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A Paper on the G-20 and development

Projects - August 2010

This study will aim to conceptualise the development agenda at the G20 from a Commonwealth perspective which takes into account the vulnerabilities and resilience of small states particularly the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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