Monica de Bolle
Adjunct Lecturer, Latin American Studies Program
About
Monica de Bolle is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Previously, de Bolle held the Riordan Roett Chair in Latin American Studies and was the Director of the Latin American Studies Program and the Emerging Markets Specialization. She also served as a Johns Hopkins SAIS Practitioner in Residence of International Economics and Emerging Markets. Named as "Honored Economist" in 2014 by the Order of Brazilian Economists for her contributions to the Brazilian policy debate, de Bolle focuses on macroeconomics, foreign exchange policy, monetary and fiscal policy, trade and inequality, financial regulation, and capital markets. Previously de Bolle was a director of the Institute for Economic Policy Research (IEPE/Casa das Garças), a prestigious think tank based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has also worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund.
De Bolle has authored and coauthored a number of books on the global economy and Brazil's policy challenges, including her most recent book How to Kill the Blue Butterfly: A Chronicle of the Dilma Era (2016), which remained on Brazil´s best seller lists for several weeks and was a finalist for Premio Jabuti, a prestigious literature prize. Other publications include: The State of the World Economy to Challenges and Responses: Essays in Honor of Pedro S. Malan (2014), The Future of Brazilian Manufacturing: The Deindustrialization Debate (2013), New Dilemmas in Economic Policy (2011), Financial Regulation Reform in the US: New Global Architecture and the Brazilian Regulatory Context (2009), and How to Respond to the Global Financial Crisis? Economic Policies for Brazil (2009).
Her views on Brazil's economy and economic policy have been published widely by the international and Brazilian media. She contributes regularly to major Brazilian newspapers O Globo and O Estado de São Paulo.
De Bolle obtained her BA in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In the News
Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'.
Monica de Bolle cited in The Guardian, 10/23
Uruguay’s high hopes for a Mercosur-EU pact.
Benjamin N. Gedan hosted and Monica de Bolle was interviewed on Two The Point podcast, 10/10
Uruguay’s high hopes for a Mercosur-EU pact.
Benjamin N. Gedan hosted and Monica de Bolle was interviewed on Two The Point podcast, 10/10
A carbon tax for the United States?
Monica de Bolle wrote for Peterson Institute for International Economics, 9/30
The Amazon is still on fire, environmental groups remind world leaders amid New York climate summit.
Monica de Bolle cited in Newsweek, 9/23
Right-wing nationalists tend to deny climate change.
Monica de Bolle wrote for Peterson Institute for International Economics, 9/20
Preserving the Amazon: A shared moral imperative.
Monica de Bolle testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, 9/10
The rise of economic nationalism threatens global cooperation.
Monica de Bolle wrote for Peterson Institute for International Economics, 9/4
What Bolsonaro’s presidency means for Brazil and the Amazon.
Monica de Bolle interviewed on PBS NewsHour, 8/27
Trade and tariffs: What President Trump says versus what economists know.
Monica de Bolle quoted on NBC News, 8/26
Latin America hangs on to its economic gloom.
Monica de Bolle quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 8/25
Measuring the rise of economic nationalism.
Monica de Bolle wrote for Peterson Institute for International Economics, 8/23