Giulia is currently working at IDS as Research Fellow and as the Research Director of the International Centre for Taxation and Development (ICTD). Giulia Mascagni’s main area of work is taxation, but she also has a research interest in public finance, evaluation of public policy, and aid effectiveness. At IDS she teaches economics, taxation, and public finance at the postgraduate level and on professional short courses.
Previously she worked as Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex, as an independent consultant for ITAD, the World Bank, the Overseas Development Institute, and as Adviser and Trainee at the European Commission.
Dr. Mascagni is an economist by training, holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sussex. Her main geographical interest lies in African countries, with a particular focus on Ethiopia and Rwanda.