Alain Kabundi is an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prior to joining the IMF, he was a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist of the Africa Region of the World Bank and Lead Economist in the research department of the South African Reserve Bank. He was previously professor of economics at the University of Johannesburg and is an associate editor of the South African Journal of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.