Field of research: Competition
Ana Burduli
Ana Burduli serves as the Deputy Head of the Private Sector Development Policy Research Center at the ISET Policy Institute. Ana holds a Master’s Degree in Quantitative Economics from the University of Tartu in Estonia (2017) and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Tbilisi State University (2014).
Before joining the ISET Policy Institute, Ana Burduli worked as a Business Development Officer at the Policy and Management Consulting Group (PMCG). Prior to her tenure at PMCG, Ana Burduli served as a Research Assistant at the Central Bank of Lithuania in its Center for Excellence in Finance and Economic Research (CEFER), where she worked on DSGE models. She also worked as a Mentor for the Masters of Applied Economics Programme at CERGE-EI in Prague. Since October 2019, Ana has been a Visiting Lecturer at Ilia State University, delivering the Principles of Economics course to BA students.
Her research interests include public policy, international trade, and competitiveness.
[Last updated March 2024]
Konstantins Benkovskis
Konstantins Benkovskis is the Adviser in the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank of Latvia. His main research activities include international trade, competitiveness, and macroeconomic forecasting. He is also the active member of the ESCB Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet). Konstantins Benkovskis combines his office duties at the Bank of Latvia with the position of Assistant Professor at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, where he teaches International Economics and Econometrics for undergraduates.