Introducing the FUS Faculty: Rossana Galli

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

PhD Economics, Brikbeck College, University of London, UK
MSc Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
BSc Economics, Catholic University, Milan, Italy

Office: North Campus, by appointment
Email: rgalli@fus.edu

Rossana is a macroeconomist with research interests at the intersection of poverty, employment and economic development, and related government policies. She completed her Masters and PhD in Economics (Applied Macroeconometrics) at Birkbeck College, University of London, and has taught at several universities, including the University of London, University of Zurich, USI (Lugano) and the Università Cattolica di Milano. She collaborated as a researcher at the International Labor Organization in Geneva for over twenty years, working on topics related to poverty and decent work in low-income countries, such as informal employment, global supply chains, structural transformation, technologies for smallholder farmers, and child labor.

Rossana’s passions for teaching, development and field work came together in 2018, when she co-founded Boky Mamiko (“Books my Love”), an NGO which supports quality education in rural Madagascar. Created with her former students of the University of Zurich, the association also promotes development-oriented academic research in Madagascar. When not teaching or researching, Rossana continues leading Boky Mamiko, which currently supports five schools in the region, impacting over 1300 local students and teachers.

In Fall 2022, Rossana began collaboration with Franklin, where she is teaching the academic travel course, Sustainable Education in Madagascar, and the topics course, Decent Work and Sustainable Development (from Spring 2024).

2023-2024 Courses

SJS 377T	Sustainable Education in Madagascar	FALL 2023
This course explores the challenges faced by the population of rural Madagascar – one of the poorest countries in the world – including limited schooling and poor learning outcomes, scarce and low-income employment opportunities, lack of basic infrastructure, high fertility, bad nutrition, poor health conditions and adverse environmental impacts. In particular, the Madagascar educational system and the reasons behind its very low quality are examined. During the travel, students are hosted by local schools and must adapt to lodging and transport conditions that, albeit still a luxury for most of the local population, are relatively closer to the lifestyle of the local population. This gives students the possibility to obtain first-hand experience of how different it is to live in low-income countries. Students have numerous opportunities to meet and bond with local students, teachers, school directors, tourist guides, and micro-entrepreneurs, allowing them to learn how rich Madagascar is in terms of cultural, natural, and human resources and to hear directly from the local youth what their needs, wishes and aspirations are. This academic travel in a remote non-touristic part of North Madagascar is organized by the Swiss NGO Boky Mamiko. Students are expected to participate in some pre-travel volunteering work and to represent the NGO in Madagascar in a professional and responsible manner. NOTE: This Academic Travel course carries a supplemental fee: CHF 1,200 (for students invoiced in CHF) or USD 1,335 (for students invoiced in USD)
SJS 210	Decent Work and Sustainable Development	SPRING 2024
In low-income countries most people are employed, but despite working hard they remain poor. Poor education, inadequate technologies, lack of infrastructure, adverse climate, pay below the living wage, misguided investment and growth strategies are among the causes of low earnings and persistent poverty in low-income countries. In this course, students learn about the challenges of self-employment and wage-employment in rural and urban areas of low-income countries, as well as of formal and informal employment. This course looks at policies and strategies that can be implemented to generate more and better jobs and to help the working poor earn enough to move out of poverty. Students discuss case studies and best practice by non-profit, private, and public stakeholders. Throughout the course students will focus their attention on a specific low-income country of their choice, on which they become “experts”, enriching class discussions with their acquired country-specific knowledge. The course is framed by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, which calls for promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. Ideally, participants select this course after having taken SJS 100, as a deepening of their knowledge on SDG8.

Professional experience:

Co-founder and President of Boky Mamiko, an NGO supporting quality education in rural Madagascar, officially recognized in Switzerland and Italy (since 2018).

External research collaborator of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva (2000-2019).

University of Zurich, Department of Political Science (Institut für Politikwissenschaft),

Lecturer of Employment, Poverty and Workers’ Rights in Developing Countries (2011-2018).

Università della Svizzera Italiana, Department of Economics, Lecturer of Advanced Macroeconomics for the Master in International Economics and Policies and Master in Public Management and Policy (2010-2013).

Università della Svizzera Italiana, Department of Economics, Lecturer of Macroeconomics and Lecturer of Economic Growth, Bachelor’s degree in Economics (1999-2005).

Areas of research:

Economic development, poverty, employment, decent work, development policies. For a full overview see: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rossana-Galli/research

Publications:

Galli, R. (2019) ‘The “Possible Trinity” of Agricultural Investment Policies: Enhancing Employment Creation, Productivity and Sustainability of Agricultural Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa’, Working Paper N. 249, International Labour Organization, Geneva. Available at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_policy/documents/publication/wcms_732192.pdf

Galli, R. (2017) ‘The Role of Investment Incentives for Structural Transformation: a comparative analysis of investment incentives legislations in Sub-Saharan African, South-Asian and South-East Asian developing countries’, Working Paper N. 211, International Labour Organization, Geneva. Available at https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_554302.pdf

Kucera, D., Galli, R. and Al-Hussami F. (2014) ‘Keeping up with the Joneses or Keeping One’s Head above Water? Inequality and the Post-2007 Crisis’ in: Islam, I. and Kucera, D. (eds.) Beyond macroeconomic stability: structural transformation and inclusive development, Palgrave/MacMillan, pp. 288-326.

Galli, R. and D. Kucera (2008) ‘Gender, Informality and Employment Adjustment in Latin America’, Working Paper 85, Policy Integration and Statistics Department, International Labour Organization, Geneva. Available at http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---integration/documents/publication/wcms_094087.pdf

Galli, R. and D. Kucera (2004) ‘Labor Standards and Informal Employment in Latin America’, World Development, 32(5):809-828. Re-printed in J. Berg, and D. Kucera (eds) (2008), In Defence of Labour Market Institutions. Cultivating Justice in the Developing World (New York: Palgrave Macmillan).

Galli, R. and D. Kucera (2003) ‘Informal employment in Latin America: Movements over business cycles and the effects of worker rights’, Decent Work Research Programme, Discussion Paper 145/2003, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva. Available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/

Galli, R. (2001) ‘The economic impact of child labour’, Decent Work Research Programme, Discussion Paper 128/2001, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva. Available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/

Galli, R. and R. van der Hoeven (2001) ‘Is inflation bad for income inequality: the Importance of the Initial Rate of Inflation’, Employment Paper 2001/29, International Labour Organization, Geneva. Available at http://www.ilo.org/employment/Whatwedo/Publications/WCMS_142351/lang--en/index.htm

Galli, R. (1998) ‘Dematerialization and Long Term Trends in Energy Intensity. An application to Asian developing countries’, The Energy Journal, 19(4):85-105.

Galli, R. (1997) ‘Is there Long Run Industrial Convergence in Europe?’, International Review of Applied Economics, 11(3):333-368.

For a full list see:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rossana-Galli/research

Awards and honors:

Royal Economic Society Junior Fellowship, UK, 1996.
Economic and Social Research Council scholarship, UK, 1995.
Banca d’Italia, Stringher scholarship, Italy, 1994.
Fondazione Luigi Einuadi scholarship, Italy, 1993.

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