Prof Stephany Griffith-Jones

Financial Markets Director at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University


Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones is an economist researching development finance – in particular, national, regional and multilateral development banks – and the reform of national and international finance from a development perspective. She is the Financial Markets Program Director at Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Senior Research Associate of the Overseas Development Institute and Emeritus Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

She has published widely, having written or edited over 25 books and many more articles. Her book Time for a Visible Hand, co-edited with Jose Antonio Ocampo and Joseph Stiglitz, was published by OUP in 2010, and her most recent book The Future of Development Banks (also co-edited with Jose Antonio Ocampo) was published by OUP in 2018. She advises many international organisations, including the European Parliament, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, various UN agencies and several governments. She tweets  @stephanygj.

 

 

John Weeks – Obituaries and Tributes

” John Weeks was a rigorous and progressive academic economist, committed to good economic policy and political action; at the same time he was a very kind, supportive and loyal colleague and friend”

A British National Investment Bank for the Climate Emergency

Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones and Dr Natalya Naqvi, write for the blog on the parties’ election pledges on National Investment Banks, making the case that such institutions ought to be pivotal in greening the economy.

The case for a National Investment Bank

“The United Kingdom is an outlier amongst developed and emerging economies, especially the most successful ones, in not having a national development bank.”

Why the world needs National Development Banks

“Support for national and multilateral development banks has grown worldwide in the decade since the global financial crisis. And the continued success of national development banks (NDBs), in particular, will be vital to achieve more sustainable economic growth in the future.”

Budget 2018: The PEF Council reacts

What should we take away from this year’s Budget? Our PEF Council react to Hammond’s announcements on Universal Credit, investment, growth and more.

The UK needs a National Investment Bank

The purpose of the national investment bank would be to increase lending and investing in sectors that are key for the country’s structural transformation.

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