{"id":32,"date":"2023-06-14T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-01-31T17:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:20:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019m Dr. Angella Faith Montfaucon (n\u00e9e Lapukeni), a Senior Economist in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank, based in Tirana. In Albania, I lead policy dialogue on macro\u2011fiscal and trade policy and growth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/albania\/publication\/pfr-2025\">flagship economic reports<\/a> and policy-based budget financing. At the regional level, I co\u2011lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/region\/eca\/publication\/western-balkans-regular-economic-report\">Western Balkans Regular Economic Update<\/a> and analytical work on trade policy and competitiveness. Previously, I was based in Jakarta, covering Indonesia, Fiji, Vanuatu, and contributing to analytical work in the Philippines. Prior to joining the Bank, I worked on fiscal operations and analysis at the Reserve Bank of Malawi. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from Yokohama National University and I am a Malawian national.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"591\" src=\"http:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ngella-Jan2026.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.798654493032196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ngella-Jan2026.jpeg 472w, https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ngella-Jan2026-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/about\/people\/a\/angella-faith-montfaucon\">World Bank Profile<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/?page_id=22\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"22\">Research <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angella-faith-lapukeni-montfaucon-ph-d-9630592b\/?originalSubdomain=al\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Dr. Angella Faith Montfaucon (n\u00e9e Lapukeni), a Senior Economist in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank, based in Tirana. In Albania, I lead policy dialogue on macro\u2011fiscal and trade policy and growth, flagship economic reports and policy-based budget financing. At the regional level, I co\u2011lead the Western Balkans Regular Economic &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","grid-sizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angella.montfaucon.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}