Lisa Kolovich

Lisa Kolovich is an economist at the IMF, currently serving as the Special Advisor to the IMF Senior Advisor on Gender Equality. During her tenure at the IMF, she has served as a economist in the African Department and was the co-lead for the department's gender advisory group. She has also been the team manager for gender research under a joint IMF-DFID collaboration that focused on macro issues in low-income countries. Her research examines gender budgeting and fiscal policies initiatives as tools for reducing gender inequality, and she is the contributor and editor of the book, Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality. Before joining the IMF, Ms. Kolovich conducted program evaluations for the US Department of Labor and has been a consultant for the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank.