Alia Yusuf

Alia is a Policy Analyst at CETEx focusing on sustainable finance in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Before joining CETEx, she worked at a climate consultancy, concentrating on issues ranging from critical minerals and sovereign debt to biodiversity. She also has experience in international organisations, working for IFC and APEC, where she supported initiatives to mobilise private capital and contributed to public policy research aimed at promoting sustainable growth, primarily in Southeast Asia.

Alia obtained an MPA from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Political Economy from King’s College London.

Research interests

• Critical minerals supply chain risks and opportunities
• Fiscal and trade policy
• Adaptation finance