Talal Rafi

Talal Rafi is an economist based in Sri Lanka. He has served as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank and to the European Union. He was a Director at Ernst & Young, a member of the Global Macroeconomic team at Deloitte and a board member of Sri Lanka’s state foreign policy think tank, the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI). He contributes as a regular columnist to the International Monetary Fund’s Public Financial Management Blog and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network. His writings have been published by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, World Economic Forum, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS Review), Chatham House London and the London School of Economics.