Simonas Algirdas Spurga is a Researcher at Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science. Having published in European Journal of Political Economy, he focuses on topics in comparative political economy, particularly the Growth Models perspective. Simonas is also the Head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Policy Analysis Group at the Bank of Lithuania, having previously served as a Senior Advisor to the Nordic-Baltic Executive Director at the IMF’s Executive Board in Washington, DC.