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Eman Moustafa

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Eman Moustafa
General Authority for Investment & Free Zones, Egypt

Eman Moustafa is a Senior Consultant for the Macroeconomic Policy, Debt Sustainability and Forecasting Division of the African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. As well, she is a reviewer in the Journal of Banking and Finance. She is also a Senior Economist (on leave of absence) with the Investment Research Department of the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation and General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, Cairo, Egypt. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Kingston University London, UK, a Master’s degree in Economics from Queen Mary University of London, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt. She started her career at the Ministry of Investment, Cairo, Egypt. Previously, she had been an Economic Journalist at El-Mal newspaper, Cairo, Egypt. Her primary research interest is in macro-finance, development and growth, macroeconomics and fiscal policies, international finance, economic forecasting, investment policy, with stints in finance and environment.

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Can preparedness for a health disaster change the game?

Disease outbreaks like Ebola and Covid-19 have strong detrimental effects on mortality rates for mothers, infants and young children in low and middle-income countries, both immediately and in the longer term. As this column explains, strengthening preparedness for such emergencies has become more urgent as health disasters continue to erode recent improvements in maternal and child health.

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Artificial intelligence and the renewable energy transition in MENA

Artificial intelligence has the potential to bridge the gap between abundant natural resources and the pressing need for reliable, sustainable power in the Middle East and North Africa. This column outlines the constraints and proposes policies that can address the challenges of variability of renewable resources and stress on power grids, and support the transformation of ‘sunlight’ to ‘smart power’.

Arab youth and the future of work

The Arab region’s labour markets are undergoing a triple transformation: demographic, digital and green. As this column explains, whether these forces evolve into engines of opportunity or drivers of exclusion for young people will hinge on how swiftly and coherently policy-makers can align education, technology and employment systems to foster adaptive skills, inclusive institutions and innovation-led pathways to decent work.

Digitalising governance in MENA: opportunities for social justice

Can digital governance promote social justice in MENA – or does it risk deepening inequality and exclusion? This column examines the evolution of digital governance in three sub-regions – Egypt, Jordan and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council – highlighting how data practices, transparency mechanisms and citizen trust shape the social outcomes of technological reform.

Wrong finance in a broken multilateral system: red flags from COP30-Belém

With the latest global summit on climate action recently wrapped up, ambitious COP pledges and initiatives continue to miss delivery due to inadequate commitments, weak operationalisation and unclear reporting systems. As this column reports, flows of climate finance remain skewed: loans over grants; climate mitigation more than climate adaptation; and weak accountability across mechanisms. Without grant-based finance, debt relief, climate-adjusted lending and predictable multilateral flows, implementation of promises will fail.

Why political connections are driving business confidence in MENA

This column reports the findings of a new study of how the political ties of firms in the Middle East and North Africa boost business confidence. The research suggests that this optimism is primarily driven by networked access to credit and lobbying, underscoring the need for greater transparency and institutional reform in corporate governance.




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