May Gadalla is an Associate Professor at Cairo University, Faculty of Economics and Political Science. And currently is the Statistics Manager at the Economic Research Forum. She holds a PhD in Biostatistics from University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master’s degree in Statistics from Cairo University. She is also a research associate at the Economic Research Forum (ERF Middle East), Cairo, Egypt. She has 25 years of experience in the field of data analysis. She was a statistical consultant for the World Bank, UNFPA, ERF, Social Research Centre (SRC American University), Population Council (Middle East), and USAID; Deputy Director at the Center of Economics and Financial Studies, Cairo University, Egypt; Head of the Social Justice Observatory at the Social Contract Centre; and Senior Program Officer at the Population Council (Middle East). She has extensive experience with in-depth data analysis of different research themes (labor market, education, poverty and child poverty, gender studies, impact evaluation, nutrition, and other topics focused on poverty and youth-related policies), in addition to midterm and end-of-term project evaluations. Her work has been published in academic papers and national reports.
The crisis in Ukraine is hitting the global economy at a time when the world is struggling to recover from the economic repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. This column examines the implications of Russia’s invasion for Egypt’s most vulnerable children and families, as they face the ripple effects of the crisis.