Lino Briguglio

Who is Lino Briguglio?

Professor Lino Briguglio directs the Islands and Small States Institute and the Gozo Centre of the University of Malta. He also chairs the Board of Trustees of the Small States Network for Economic Development, which is funded by the World Bank. He was Head of the Economics Department and of the Banking and Finance Department at the University of Malta.

Professor Briguglio was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Exeter in 1982 and an Honours and Masters degree in Economics from the University of Malta. He obtained a Diploma in Social Studies from the University of Oxford in 1970.

Professor Briguglio has published a large number of papers on islands and small states, one of which is a seminal article on inherent economic vulnerabilities of small island states in World Development. He has also developed written various papers on economic resilience, one of which was published in Oxford Development Studies. He has also edited a series of four books on Vulnerability, Resilience and Competitiveness of Small States, published by the University of Malta in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat