Michael DaCosta is an economist with more than 25 years’ experience in Caribbean and other countries. His main areas of expertise are macro-fiscal and financial sector analysis, program evaluation, and the operations of governing boards. Much of his career was spent at the International Monetary Fund, where he led economic teams to Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, and Honduras. At the IMF he also did analytical and policy work on Antigua & Barbuda, St. Lucia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Bangladesh, and Mongolia. In addition, he served as career advisor to IMF economists, advisor in the Research Department, and chief of board operations. Before moving to the IMF, he was an economist at the Bank of Guyana.
Since leaving the IMF in 2009 Michael’s consulting work has covered projects on evaluation, labor productivity, and training of Caribbean economic policy officials. He also contributed to work on setting up a possible Centre of Excellence in Financial Services for the Caribbean. He has published papers on institutions and economic performance in the Caribbean, labor productivity, and IMF governance.
Michael holds postgraduate degrees in Economics and Banking Practice from Cardiff University and the London Institute of Banking & Finance, and is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute.