Bringing Sentiment into Economic Reason

Biagio Bossone is a financial advisor to international organizations, and consultants to governments, central banks, and financial institutions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the IMF and Scientific Advisor to the Fast Forward Foundation, which promotes the inclusive and sustainable transformation of welfare systems. He has served as Executive Director at the World Bank, member of the Executive Board of the IMF, Head of the Public Investment Evaluation Unit at Italy’s Presidency of the Council of Ministers, General Accountant and Director General of Budget and Finance of the Sicilian Regional Government. A former banker and central banker, he has also participated in G10 and European central banking working groups and task forces, and served as an expert to the High-Level Commission on World Bank Reform. He has been Professor of International Finance at the University of Palermo and the University of Salento, Italy, and has led training programs on central banking in several countries. He has authored and co-authored numerous studies on economics, banking, finance, and macro-financial policy issues.