Elena Panaritis

Institutional Economist driving global change.

Founder of Thought4Action, author of Prosperity Unbound, innovating policies to tackle informality worldwide. 🌍 Elena Panaritis is an economist, policy innovator, and founder of Thought4Action, driving global socio-economic reforms through institutional economics. Her pioneering work on formalizing property rights has empowered millions worldwide, transforming informal economies into thriving communities. A former World Bank economist and Member of the Hellenic Parliament, she authored Prosperity Unbound and has been a trusted advisor, speaker, and academic at leading institutions like Stanford and INSEAD.

09/04/2026

Very exciting one more Official Selection!
Thank you Francis Fukuyama Willem H. Buiter Elena Panariti T4Action

We will be screening from Oct 22-25, 2026. We are on-the-ground in Los Angeles, CA USA with events, mixers, awards ceremony, screenings and with addition...

05/11/2026

A truly inspiring evening!
Being able to explain how we ended up with “Informality” having slowly but steadily become the leading Diaspora of today’s world. It claims, it presses, it effectively defines policy and politics. Unfortunately, the inertia that followed the win of the Cold War in 1990 has brought us very very close to a stand still. We kept assuming that we live in a world of zero frictions, perfect property rights, impeccable enforcement. Unfortunately this is far from reality…. We must adjust the World Economic Order and its Economic Architecture before it’s way too late. We must place the pillar of formal property rights at the center of our world economic model to end informality and strengthen the middle class.
Follow and Engage with the global initiative “70%informals” Informals.org to end informality.

Thank you Professor Lavdas, for the invitation to participate as Keynote speaker.

05/02/2026

04/04/2026

The Indian Ocean is a source of endless inspiration

11/26/2025

Watch the entire episode 5 “the silent journey” thé life of refugees from South Sudan and other African countries. ’Elena.

11/17/2025

Last week on BBC News’ Business Today with Sally Bundock, and at BBC World Service I discussed Greece’s conflicting economic signals.

It was an important conversation about the difference between headline recovery and everyday reality.

On one hand, Greece is finally showing strong macro-economic performance—growth, investment, and stability are all moving in the right direction. Yet on the other hand, streets in Athens have been blocked by farmer protests, triggered by soaring costs, delayed subsidies, and a major agricultural subsidy fraud scandal that has shaken public trust.

In the interview, I explained how these two realities can coexist:

•⁠ ⁠Recovered macro-economic fundamentals do not automatically translate into recovered household and farmers’ incomes and savings.
•⁠ ⁠Governance and structural weaknesses have resurfaced with farmer’s faulty subsidies.
•⁠ ⁠Rising costs are pushing farmers and all households to the breaking point.

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