Lili Vessereau

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Research Scholar, Harvard Center for International Development

MPA, Sciences Po Paris

MiM, HEC Paris

LLM, La Sorbonne

Contact

John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Email: lvessereau@hks.harvard.edu

Bio

Lili Vessereau is a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on Infrastructure Finance, Public Finance, and Trade Economics. She is also a Research Scholar at the Center for International Development and a Research Assistant at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, focusing respectively on green growth and debt restructuring, as well as a Master in Public Policy Candidate.

Currently working with the World Bank, Lili brings experience from both the public and private sectors. She previously worked in an advisory position within the French Government at the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s office, worked with the United Nations, and gained experience in investment banking.

A Bretton Woods 2.0 Fellow at the Atlantic Council, she is also a European Investment Fund Empowering Equity Fellow, a European Leadership Network Young Leader, and a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum. She has held fellowships with Google, OSCE, the University Consortium (Sciences Po, Harvard, Oxford, Columbia), and served as France’s Youth Delegate to the Council of Europe.

Lili holds Master’s degrees from Sciences Po Paris (Public Affairs, Cum Laude), La Sorbonne (Law, With Honors), and HEC Paris (Finance, Dean’s List), equipping her with a multidisciplinary perspective on finance, governance, and sustainable development.

Research Interests

  • Macroeconomics, especially macroeconomic impact of climate change
  • Sovereign Debt
  • Taxation Policy

Latest News

New publication: Toward equitable debt contracts

. This piece outlines how China’s lending practices harm low-income borrowers and hinder debt restructuring negotiations through the use of debt clauses giving it de facto seniority. It further outlines ways for the Bretton Woods institutions to collaborate to change these dynamics and improve financing prospects of borrower countries and a more level field for lenders.

Talk at the IMF on de facto seniority in sovereign debt and potential for escalation

Atlantic Council Bretton Woods 2.0 Fellow Lili Vessereau previews new research on how de facto seniority clauses are changing the sovereign debt landscape in a conversation with GeoEconomics Center Senior Fellow Martin Mühleisen and Assistant Director Mrugank Bhusari.

Talk at the WTO on sustainable growth and trade

Talk at the WTO on sustainable growth and trade

The 2024 Public Forum explored how re-globalization can help make trade more inclusive and ensure that its benefits reach more people.