Giorgia Giovannetti

 

Giorgia Giovannetti is Professor of Economics at the University of Florence. She has been Scientific Director of the European Report on Development 2009 and 2010.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge - UK, and has held positions at the Universities of Cambridge (Trinity College), Rome and Cassino. She has been visiting Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). She is specialised in international and development economics and has been working extensively on the link between trade and foreign direct investments, on international economic policy and on firms’ dynamics.

Her publications include papers published in academic journals (EER, RED, Applied Economics) as well as in collected books and international series of working papers. She has directed the Research Centre of the Italian Trade Institute and collaborated extensively with the Italian Treasury and the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

 

Presentations

Presentations for the European Report on Development (ERD) include:

ERD 2010

• Presentation of the ERD 2010 , Brussels, 7 December 2010
• Social Protection for Inclusive Development, A new perspective in EU cooperation with Africa , Washington, 14 February 2011
• Social Protection for Inclusive Development, With Reference to Indonesia , Bogor, 23 February 2011
• A discussion of Bourguignon Kapuscinski lecture, some answers to Lars questions & some advertising for the European Report on Development 2010, Social protection for inclusive development: A new perspective in EU cooperation with Africa , Copenhagen, 5 April 2011
• Social Protection for Inclusive Development  A new perspective in EU cooperation with Africa , Paris, 29 April 2011

 

ERD 2009

• Introduction to the ERD 2009  (ERD Research Workshop, Brussels, 6 February 2009)
• Relevance of fragility – definition, root causes and challenges for development policies  (ERD Research Workshop, Brussels, 6 February 2009)
• Workshop introduction : Cambridge, UK, 17-18 March 2009
• Round Table –  Fragile countries facing food and oil shocks – the boom and the bust  (Cambridge, UK, 17-18 March 2009)
• Workshop introduction : Florence – Italy, 16-17 April 2009
• Round Table – Institution and Regional Integration Mechanisms in fragile African countries  (Florence – Italy, 16-17 April 2009)
• Conference introduction : Accra conference – Ghana, 21-23 May 2009
• The consequences of the crisis: a focus on African financial markets  (Accra conference – Ghana, 21-23 May 2009)
• China’s involvement in Africa: empirical evidence  (Accra conference – Ghana, 21-23 May 2009)