Thibault Lemaire

Economist at the IMF (African Department), PhD from Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, former Research fellow at Banque de France.

Research

Breaking the Trend: Debt Stabilization in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Athene Laws, Rachid Pafadnam, Nikola Spatafora and Khushboo Khandelwal (2025), IMF Note 2025/001.

Harnessing Renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers, Reforms, and Economic Prospects, 2024, IMF Staff Climate Note 2024/005.

International Monetary Fund (2023), Debt Dilemmas in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Principles and Trade-Offs in Debt Restructuring, in Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa-Light on the Horizon?.

International Monetary Fund (2023), The Long Squeeze: Funding Development in an Age of Austerity, in Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa-Light on the Horizon?.

Reports

International Monetary Fund (2024), Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa-A Tepid and Pricey Recovery, Washington, DC, October.

Madagascar: 2024 Article IV and First Review, Country Report No. 2025/060.

Madagascar: Request for an Arrangement, Country Report No. 2024/205.