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Meng Su

Principal Economist


Meng Su is a Principal Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She works in the Global Economics team, focusing on macroeconomic analysis for the Regional Economic Prospects and the Transition Report.

Meng is currently pursuing a PhD in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She holds an MSc in Economics from LSE and a BEcon & Fin from the University of Hong Kong.

Prior to joining the EBRD, Meng worked at the World Bank. Her research focuses on how policies and institutions shape economic outcomes, with a particular interest in gender inequality, public health policy, law and finance, and sanctions.

Personal website (external website - opens in new window).

Research interests

Gender and Family Economics

Labour Economics

Public Economics

Law and Finance

Education

2020-Now – London School of Economics and Political Science, MRes/PhD in Economics

2019-2020 – London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc in Economics

2015-2019 – University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Economics and Finance

Journal articles

Djankov, Simeon, and Meng Su, 2025, “The targeting of economic sanctions”, 

Economics Letters, Vol. 248, 112235.

Working papers

Djankov, Simeon, and Meng Su, 2023, “Gender Legal Reforms in Zambia”, Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 871.

Policy writing, books and reports

Djankov, Simeon, and Meng Su, 2025, “Enhancing Growth through the Lens of Doing Business”, Economic Freedom and Doing Business, Friedberg Economics Institute.