Elina Ribakova is an
economist and expert on
Emerging Markets in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Her field of expertise includes the Russian economy, US-Russia relations, macro-financial stability and
macroeconomic research for investment decisions.
She holds an MSc in Economics from the
University of Warwick where she was the sole recipient in her year of the Shiv Nath Prize and a BSc in Economics and Business from the
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (''SSE Riga'' or lv, Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskola) is a business school in Riga, Latvia. It is a subsidiary of the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).
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She was a visiting fellow at Bruegel and at th
Institute of Global Affairs(IGA) at the
London School of Economics and Political Science, contributing to the Rethinking Global Finance and Global Migration initiatives.
Elina was a
Foreign Policy Interrupted Fellow, holder of a
Chevening Scholarship and Open Society Foundations alumnus.
Previously, Elina worked at th
International Monetary Fund focusing on issues of financial stability, crisis resolution, fiscal policy in commodity-producing countries and determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI). She also worked as Chief Economist for Russia/CIS at
Citigroup
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She is also a co-founder o
Migration Matters- video-based multidisciplinary resource on migration. She lectured on international macro with finance applications at Chicago Booth, Higher School of Economics,
New Economic School
New Economic School (NES) (in Russia known as the “Russian Economic School” — ''Российская экономическая школа'', ''РЭШ'') is a school of economics in Moscow, Russia.
Academic programs
* Bachelor of Arts i ...
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European University at Saint Petersburg and Stockholm School of Economics in
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
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She is formerly Deputy Chief Economist at the IIF. Previously she held senior positions at international banks, an institutional asset manager and a macro hedge fund.
Elina is a regular contributor to the media, providing expert topical analysis of economic developments in the EMEA region to a range of leading broadcast and print media outlets including
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg TV, Reuters and Reuters TV,
Vedomosti, the
Financial Times and the
Wall Street Journal.
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Deutsche Bank people
Alumni of the University of Warwick
Stockholm School of Economics alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)