Institute for International Economic Policy

The Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) is a research institution at George Washington University (GW) and located at the Elliott School of International Affairs. IIEP produces research and policy analyses in areas of ultra-poverty, climate change adaptation, trade, US-China relations, and global economic governance. It is also the home of an International Trade and Investment Policy master’s program. Notable members include Sabina Alkire, James Foster, Jeni Klugman, and Jay Shambaugh. Partnerships with organizations like the World Bank Group,International Monetary Fund,Internet Society, and The Nature Conservancy have led to academic conferences and policy seminars.

The Institute’s mission is formally to serve “as a catalyst for high quality, multidisciplinary, and non-partisan research on policy issues surrounding economic globalization...” Affiliated faculty have appointments in the departments of economics, history, geography, and political science as well as the law, public health, political management, and business schools of George Washington University.

Publications by the Institute for International Economic Policy include economic working papers, blog posts on development and finance topics, and an International Economics Study Center.

IIEP was chartered by the George Washington University in July 2007. Its current director is Stephen C. Smith. Former directors include Jay Shambaugh, formerly a member of President Barack Obama's White House Council of Economic Advisers; James Foster, co-creator of the Alkire-Foster method to measure multidimensional poverty; and founding director Michael O. Moore.