Benedict Clements
IMF
Benedict Clements is Division Chief for the Expenditure Policy Division of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was previously a Division Chief in the Western Hemisphere Department, where he led IMF country teams working on Brazil and Colombia. He has worked at the IMF since 1991. Mr. Clements has published extensively on public finance and macroeconomic issues, including “Helping Countries Develop: The Role of Fiscal Policy,” edited with S. Gupta and G. Inchauste, September 2004, and “The Economics of Public Health Care Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies,” edited with S. Gupta and D. Coady, April 2012.
Articles by Benedict Clements:
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Reforming energy subsidies globally
27 April 2013, 7222 reads
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Confronting the jobs crisis under tight fiscal constraints
9 September 2012, 8672 reads
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Healthcare reform: Difficult but not impossible
24 June 2012, 6419 reads
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