Alexandros Ragoussis is a senior economist at the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, lecturer at the university of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and fellow of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). His research and policy work has focused on cross-border investment, international trade and more recently trade finance. Earlier in his career, Alexandros had positions at the OECD and taught economics at the University of Sydney in Australia and at Sciences-Po, Paris. Alexandros holds a PhD in economics from the University of Sydney.