Lex Rieffel

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Lex Rieffel is an expert on Southeast Asia, sovereign debt restructuring, international financial institutions, U.S. foreign assistance strategy and international volunteer service. He is a former U.S. Treasury economist and senior executive at the Institute of International Finance. | View Full Bio

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202.238.3552 — Communications Team, Brookings Global Economy and Development

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Resources

Expertise

  • Developing countries
  • Emerging markets
  • Indonesia
  • International economics
  • Southeast Asia
  • Sovereign debt

Experience

Past Positions

  • Financial Consultant, Boston Institute for Developing Economies
  • Adjunct Professor, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University
  • Senior Advisor and Director, Institute of International Finance
  • International economist, U.S. Treasury Department
  • Program officer, Agency for International Development
  • Planning Analyst, International Paper Company
  • Peace Corps Volunteer (India)
  • Lt(jg.), U.S. Navy

Education

  • M.A., M.A.L.D., the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1969
  • B.A., Princeton University, 1963

Language Fluency

  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • French

In the News

"Foreign aid is not always a blessing. Countries in recent years that appear to have received too much aid too soon include Cambodia and Nepal. The record of foreign aid around the world is littered with cases of wasteful and even harmful projects and programs."

Source: The Irrawaddy

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