Gevorg Minasyan
Director of Dilijan Training and Research Center
Gevorg Minasyan has been the Director of Dilijan Training and Research Center of the Central Bank of Armenia since June 2025. The mission of the Center is to promote evidence-based policymaking within the Central Bank by strengthening the impact of research on decision-making processes and enhancing the Center’s visibility in the international research community.
Before assuming this position, Gevorg Minasyan led projects in public policy, economic development, and applied research at the Research Department of the Macroeconomic directorate. He has also held research and advisory roles with several international organizations. At the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he contributed to missions on macroeconomic modeling and research capacity development, while at the World Bank, he was involved in fiscal policy analysis and the financing of health sector reforms. He has also worked with the Asian Development Bank’s Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ADB ERDI), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), implementing programs on data innovation, digitalization, and evidence-based policy.
Gevorg Minasyan teaches Experimental Economics at the American University of Armenia and is the author of numerous academic papers and publications. He received professional qualifications from the University of Oxford (Executive Leadership Programme) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Public Policy Analysis). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yerevan State University and a Master of Applied Science in Data, Economics, and Development Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
SPEECHES
PUBLICATIONS
- Matinyan, A., Kilejian, A., Minasyan, G., & Shirkhanyan, A. (2025). The Role of Information in Shaping Inflation Expectations and Perceptions: A Survey Experiment. Central Bank of Armenia Working Paper No. WP-2025-02.
- Minasyan, G., Schipper, S., Khachatryan, L., Movsisyan, S., & Lapitan, P. (2025). From Noise to Turning Points: A New Framework for Seasonal Adjustment in Armenia. Asian Development Bank Working Paper No. 786.
- Hayruni, T., Minasyan, G., & Nurbekyan, A. (2025). Estimating Tax Effort: New Evidence from a Novel Dataset. Baltic Journal of Economics, 25(1), 131–155.
- Hovanessian, N., Minasyan, G., Nurbekyan, A., Polborn, M., & Polborn, T. (2023). Can Teachers Learn Online? Evidence from Armenia During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Education Economics, 31(4), 1–14.
- Saxena, A., Chukwuma, A., Qaiser, S., Manookian, A., & Minasyan, G. (2023). The Impact of Health Taxes in Armenia. The World Bank Group.
- Maduko, F., Chukwuma, A., Minasyan, G., Manookian, A., Saldarriaga Noel, M. A., & Tandon, A. (2021). More Money for Health. The World Bank Group.
- Nurbekyan, A., Minasyan, G., & Hovanessian, N. (2021). How Effective Is Online Teacher Training? Evidence from Armenia During the COVID-19 Pandemic. UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Blog.
- Nurbekyan, A., Minasyan, G., & Hayruni, T. (2020). Emerging Markets Need Fiscal Stimulus Too: The IMF Must Get More Firepower. LSE COVID-19 Blog.
- Laxton, D., Minasyan, G., et al. (2019). Mind the Gaps! Financial-Cycle Output Gaps and Monetary-Policy-Relevant Output Gaps. London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Alichi, A., Minasyan, G., et al. (2018). Estimates of Potential Output and the Neutral Rate for the U.S. Economy. IMF Working Paper No. 18/152.