Emily Sinnott

Lead on economic and strategic background for EIB strategy and how to align to and implement it

Developed and led economic policy research on key European and Global policy issues

Responsible for result and impact assessments of EIB activities, including financial sector operations such as intermediated finance and venture capital

Lead on application of AI and machine learning to economics and reporting work

• Preparing first Bulgaria Economic Survey in 20 years in preparation for accession
• Preparing pilot green growth Economic Survey for Denmark
• Leading cross-country productivity and location work

• Chief Economist for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay working across World Bank sector units to develop country lending strategies and analytical work
• Developed and led delivery of work program (reports, technical assistance and lending) on growth, fiscal policy, financial sector, trade, competition, innovation, public sector and poverty (EFI sectors)
• Supervised six staff and many consultants, and strategically led a team of over 25 economists and technical experts to deliver our EFI country program (US$6 million a year staff budget)
• Led budget support financing operations in Argentina
• Led Argentina growth and structural reform analysis (Systematic Country Analysis), and fiscal policy analysis and the long-run structural reform agenda across the three countries
• Led G20 Presidency support on the country office side and OECD accession assistance to the government
• Represented the World Bank in policy dialogue at the highest level with the government and in civil society

• Global Lead for World Bank on Fiscal Policy and Equity
• Led preparation of Five-Year Strategic Growth Diagnostic (Systematic Country Diagnostic) for Russia
• Developed and managed delivery of reimbursable advisory services on growth, fiscal policy, social protection and aging in the Central and Eastern Europe
• Led analytical work on fiscal policy and the long-run structural reform agenda in the education, health and social protection sectors for Eastern and Central European countries and Russia
• Represented the World Bank at international fora, including presenting at G20, UN and EU high-level meetings on the economic impact of aging
• Led team preparing Europe and Central Asia 2015 flagship on aging, a multisectoral study covering the impact of demographic change on productivity/innovation, labour markets, consumption, savings and growth; Led additional country work, including a separate report for EU countries
• Led analysis on labour market participation and the tax and benefit system in selected European countries
• Member of the IMF team assessing expenditure reform options for Portugal
• Led World Bank cross-sectoral crisis Development Policy Loan and technical assistance for the fiscal consolidation in Latvia as part of the EUIMF/bilateral/multilateral stabilization program

• Led team preparing Latin America and the Caribbean regional research program and flagship publication on 'Commodity Dependence: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean' looking at the role of commodities in driving growth, exports and consumption in the region
• Country Economist for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

• Led Uruguay Development Policy Loan and related technical policy dialogue (macroeconomic stabilization, tax administration, capital markets development and social protection)
• Led analysis to support the Uruguay income and consumption tax reforms
• Country Economist for Chile and Uruguay, responsible for economic and financial surveillance and debt sustainability analysis for Argentina

• Economist, South Asia PREM (Nov 2005−May 2006)
• Co-led Public Expenditure Review for Sri Lanka
• International trade surveillance for India
• Economist, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay CMU (Oct 2004-Oct 2005)
• Produced a debt sustainability model for Argentina for the 2005 debt restructuring
• Co-authored Development Policy Review for Chile
• Wrote paper on fiscal policy for equity used for the 2005 report on growth and poverty/inequality in Argentina

• Prepared HIPC country cases for the World Bank and IMF Boards, including debt sustainability analysis, for Cameroon, Chad, Rwanda and Senegal
• Technical assistance on debt sustainability analysis and best practice for government counterparts

• Head (acting), Debt Management Division (Sep 1997-Oct
• 1999)
• Advised President of Guyana on macroeconomic and debt issues
• Prepared case for HIPC debt relief, including representing Guyana, together with the Minister of Finance, at the Paris Club negotiations in June 1999
• Led the preparation of the national debt strategy for Guyana