• Economic Development
• International Trade
• Micro and Macroeconomics

• Ph.D., Economics (Economic Development), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California August, l988
• M.A., Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, May, l985

• Professor of Economics, Economics Department, the American University in Cairo (AUC), 1988-present
• Consultant, UNIDO, 2006
• Policy Reform Unit (PRU) Manager, The Industrial Modernization Center in Egypt, 2003-2005

• Abdel-Latif, Abla and Schmitz, Hubert (2010) "Growth Alliances: Insights from Egypt," Business and Politics: Vol. 12 : Iss. 4, Article 4.
• Abdel-Latif, Abla and Hubert Schmitz. 2009. “State-Business Relations and Investment in Egypt” IDS Research Report 61. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. October.
• Abdel-Latif, Abla and Hubert Schmitz. “The Political Economy of Private Investment in Egypt: Insights from Old and New Sectors”, Research Report, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex. (Forthcoming)
• Abdel-Latif, Abla.  “The potential Impact of Recent Industrial Policy Changes in Egypt on the Environment”, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Cairo, Egypt, September 2008.

• Labor markets in the Arab World
• Education and human resource development
• Youth transitions to adulthood
• Inequality of opportunity

Education:

• Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, 1991
• M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1981

Experience:

• Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2003-present
• Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa, The Population Council, 2005-2008
• Associate Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, with tenure, 1997-2003

Latest Publications:

• Assaad, R. and C. Krafft (eds.) 2015.  The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Assaad, R. and C. Krafft 2015. “The Economics of Marriage in North Africa:  A Unifying Theoretical Framework.” In The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics:  Policies and Practices, Celestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin (Eds.).  Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Assaad, R. (ed.). 2014.  The Jordanian Labour Market in the New Millennium.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.
• Assaad, R. 2014. “Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets:  The Enduring Legacy of Dualism.”   IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 3(6): 1-25.

• Ph.D. in Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Fall 2012.
• M.A in Economics, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2007.
• B.A in Economics, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1999.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2014-present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Canada, 2012-2014
• Part-time Faculty Member, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Canada, winter 2012

• Binge drinking and marijuana use among menthol and non-menthol adolescent smokers:findings from the Youth Smoking Survey, Addictive Behaviors, 2014, 39(3), 740-743. (with S. Azagba)
• Is alcohol mixed with energy drinks consumption associated with susceptibility to smoking? Preventive Medicine, 2014, 61, 26-28. (with S. Azagba)
• Physical inactivity among older Canadian adults. Journal of physical activity & health, 2014, 11(1). (with S. Azagba)
• The Earnings of Immigrants and the Quality Adjustment of Immigrant Human Capital, IZA Journal of Migration, 2013, 2(13).

• Labor Economics
• Microeconometrics
• Gender Issues and Evaluation of Public Policies

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, 2010
• M.A., Economics, Paris School of Economics, 2006
• B.A., Cairo University, 2005

Experience:

• Economist, Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, Egypt, Jan.2011-Present
• Research Internship, Population Council, Cairo, Egypt, Summer 2007

Latest Publications:

• “On Collective Models of Labor Supply”, CES Working Paper N. 2010. Submitted: in revision.
• “Rethinking the effects of Marriage on Time Allocation of Egyptian Women: A Matching Analysis” CES Working Paper N. 2010.34. Submitted
• “Assessing the Effects of Trade Liberalization on Wage Inequalities in Egypt: A Microsimulation Analysis” with Chahir Zaki (Paris School of Economics, France) Document de travail CREST. Submitted

• Ph.D., Statistics and Economics, North Carolina State University, USA, 1983
• M.Sc., Statistics, North Carolina State University, USA, 1981

• Director, Macroeconomic Research Department, Economic Policy & Research Institute, Dubai Economic Council, 2009-present
• Lead Economist, Development Economic Research Group (DECRG), The World Bank, 2000-2009
• Manager, Regional Program for Enterprise Development, Africa Region, The World Bank, 2001-2004

• Elbadawi, I., H. Esfahani and H. Kheir-El-Din (editors): “Economic Policy and Performance in the Middle East and North Africa: Essays in Honor of Heba Handoussa.” Special Issue of The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (February, 2007): Vol. 46, Issue 5: 653-852.
• Elbadawi, Ibrahim and Håvard Hegre (2007), “Globalization, Economic Shocks, and Armed Conflict.” Defense and Peace Economics (forthcoming).
• Elbadawi, I., T. Mengistae, T. Temesgen and A. Zeufack (2007)," Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa: An Analysis of Firm Level Data," (forthcoming) in The Journal of Developing Areas.

• Ph.D., Finance, Tlemcen University, Finance, 2003
• M.Sc., Money, Banking and Finance, Sheffield, UK, 1989

• Chair, Department of Computer Science, Tlemcen University, Jun.1999-present
• Director of Research, Faculty of Economics, Tlemcen University, Feb.1998-Jun.1999

• Exchange Rate Misaligment : the case of Algerian Dinar in revue Les cahiers du MECAS, ISSN 1112 5759, Université de Tlemcen, Avril 2005.
• E-government in Arab countries, in rev revue Les cahiers du MECAS, ISSN 1112 5759, Université de Tlemcen, Avril 2005.
• Système d’information marketing dans les PME, revue Les cahiers du MECAS, ISSN 1112 5759, Université de Tlemcen, Avril 2005.

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Present
• Economic Consultant, UN-ESCWA, Project: Social Justice in the Arab Region, June 2015-present
• Short Term Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization, Project: Food Security in the NENA region, March 2015-present
• Short Term Consultant, World Bank, Economic Policy, Poverty and Gender, Project: Poverty and Inclusion in Iraq, Februray 2014-June 2014

• Informality and Poverty: A Causality Dilemma with Application to Egypt”, co-authored with Hanan Nazier, Advances in Management and Applied Economics, forthcoming, Sciencepress Ltd. 2015.
• Where Does Food Subsidy go? Terre et Mer: Ressources Vitales Pour la Méditerranée. Cosimo Lacirignola. Bibliotheque de l’iReMMO. Ed. L’Harmattan. No.19. 2015. ISBN: 978-2-343-05909-9
• Towards Better Measurement Of Poverty And Inequality In Arab Countries: A Proposed Pan-Arab Multipurpose Survey. Co-authored with Niranjan Sarangi, Khalid Abu-Ismail and Heba El-Laithy. Economic And Social Commission For Western Asia (Escwa). E/Escwa/Sd/2014/Wp.1 3 February 2015 Original: English
• Individual and Households determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt. Co-authored with Ragui Assaad and Hanan Nazier. Economic Research Forum Working Paper No.867-2014.

• Ph.D. in Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1996-2001
• M.A. in Economics, Bogazici University, 1994-1996
• B.A. in Economics and Maths, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, 1991-1994

• Professor, Department of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011-Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006-2011
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000- 2005

• Baslevent, C. and T. Maran (2015) “Different patterns for different conditions: The Influence of personal characteristics on attitudes towards medicine use”, International Journal of Social Economics, forthcoming.
• Baslevent, C. and H. Kirmanoglu (2015) “Economic Voting in Turkey: Perceptions, Expectations, and the Party Choice”, Research and Policy on Turkey, forthcoming.
• Baslevent, C. and A. Acar (2015) “Recent Trends in Informal Employment in Turkey”, Yildiz Social Sciences Review, 1 (1), pp. 77-88.
• Vecchione, M., H. Kirmanoglu, C. Baslevent, et al. (2015) “Personal Values and Political Activism: A Cross-National Study”, British Journal of Psychology, forthcoming.

• Ph.D. (Econometrics) - Faculty of Economic and Social Studies - University of Khartoum, (Sudan), Joint Supervision with Justus-Liebig University of Giessen (Germany), 2011
• M.Sc. (Distinction) in Econometrics and Social Statistics) - Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum (Sudan), 2006
• B.Sc. (Hons.), Second Class, Division One (Econometrics & Social Statistics) - Faculty of
• Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum (Sudan), 2001

• Sabbatical, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Chiba, Japan, 2014 - Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics & Social Statistics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2013 – Present
• Assistant Professor (part-time), Sudan Education and Development Institute, the University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sudan, 2013 – 2014
• Assistant Professor (part-time), Department of Econometrics and Social Statistics, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, University of Bakht Al - Ruda, Sudan, 2013 – 2014

• Arabi, K. A. M. & Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2014). Is there evidence of a J-curve for the Sudanese trade data? International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 1 (10), 154-167. (April 2014)
• Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2014) “The Performance Level of the Sudanese Universities in the Light of Quality Standards: An Exploratory Study of the Student's Perspectives in Bakht Al-Ruda and Kordufan Universities in Sudan. Arab Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Vol. 16. pp. 51 – 84 (January 2014)
• Abdalla, Suliman, Z. (2013) “On the Dynamic Relationship between Oil prices and Exchange Rates: Empirical Evidence from the GCC Countries”. Arab Banking Review, Union of Arab Banks. Fourth Quarter (December 2013) pp. 63 – 79.

• Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, USA, 2005
• M.A. Economics, Boston College, USA, 2001
• B.S. Management Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999

• Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013 - Present
• Associate Professor, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2005-pesent
• Research Assistant, Project on the Transmission of Monetary Policy, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 2004
• Research Assistant, Macroeconomic Studies Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), 2004

• “Federal Reserve Private Information About Its Future Actions”, Economica, (Forthcoming)
• "Price Manipulation by Intermediaries", (with Rasim Ozcan and Serkan Imisiker) Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, (Forthcoming)
• “Effect of Official Dollarization on a Small Open Economy: Ecuador”, (with Selahattin Togay), Investigacion Economica, (Forthcoming)
• "How can recessions be brought to an end? Effects of macroeconomic policy actions on durations of recessions" (with Ekrem Cunedioglu), Journal of Applied Economics, pages 179-198, May 2014.
• "Effect of Inflation Targeting on Inflation Uncertainty: A SWARCH Analysis" (with Murat Ertugrul), The Australian Economic Review, 20, 444-459, 2014.

• Ph.D., Economics, The George Washington University, 2006
• M.Phil., Economics, The George Washington University, 2000
• M.A., Economics, University of California, 1999
• B.A., Economics and Computer Science, The American University in Cairo, 1996

• Lead Economist in Charge of the MENA Region, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – London, UK, 2012-present
• Senior Economist, The International Monetary Fund – Washington DC, US, 2005-2012

• Growing without changing: a tale of Egypt’s weak productivity growth 2014. EBRD Working Paper No. 172.
• Mobilizing Transformational Finance for the Arab Transition Countries (with Erik Berglof). Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), 2013.
• Fiscal Stimulus and Credibility in Emerging Countries (with M. Kandil) 2013. Eastern Economic Journal.
• Systemic Risk Monitoring Toolkit (with N. Blanche and S Mitra) 2013. IMF WP 13/16.
• Structural Reforms and Growth: What Works?, 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/176
• After the Crisis Assessing the Damage in Italy (with S. Sgherri) 2010. IMF WP 10/244

• Trade Policy
• International Economics
• Inequality and Poverty Reduction
• Computable General Equilibrium Models
• Trade Facilitation
• Gravity Models

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Paris School of Economics, 2010
• M.A (DEA), International Economics University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, with high distinction, 2006
• BA, Economics, Cairo University, 2005

Experience:

• Assistant professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 2011-Present
• Economist (part time), Economic Research Forum, 2013-Present
• Adjunct professor, Economics Department, American University in Cairo, 2012-2013
• Lecturer (ATER), University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Paris School of Economics, Paris, 2009-2011

Latest Publications:

• El-Said, H. Al Said, M. and Zaki, C. (2015) “Trade and Access to Finance of SMEs in Egypt: Is There a Nexus?”, Applied Economics, (forthcoming).
• El-Enbaby, H., Hendy, R. and Zaki, C. (2015) “The Impact of Standards on Egyptian Trade: Evidence from SPS measures”, Topics in Middle Eastern and African Economies, vol. 17, Issue No. 2, May.
• Karam, F and Zaki, C. (2015) “Trade Volume and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Goods or Services?”, Economic Modeling, vol. 45, pages 23-37.
• Selwaness, I. and Zaki, C. (2015) “Assessing the Impact of Trade Reforms on informal employment in Egypt, The Journal of North African Studies, vol. 20, issue 3, pages 391-414.
• Zaki, C. (2015) “How Does Trade Facilitation Affect International Trade?”, European Development Research Journal, vol. 27, pp. 156-185.

• Associate Dean for Administration, Undergraduate Studies and Public Outreach, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy The American University in Cairo, 2014-present
• Visiting Scholar. Harvard Kennedy School, Spring 2014
• Harvard Kennedy School, Lecturer, Mid-Career MPA Program, 2010-present
• Assistant Professor, School of Business, Economics Department, The American University in Cairo, 2011-present

• “Patronage and Electoral Behavior: Evidence from Egypt First Presidential Elections”, (with Atallah, Samer), European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming 2014.
• “What Does Health Reform Mean for the Health Care Industry? Evidence from the Massachusetts Special Senate Election.”, (with Miller, Nolan), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5(3): 1-29, 2013.
• “The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States” (with Bohnet, Iris, Herrmann, Benedikt, Robbett, Andrea, Al-Yahia, Khalid, and Zeckhauser, Richard), chapter 7 in “Restoring Trust in Organizations and Leaders Enduring Challenges and Emerging Answers”, Oxford University Press, 2012.

• 2011, PhD, Economics, McGill University
• 2006, M.A., Economics, McGill University
• 2002, M.Sc., Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
• 1997, B.Sc, Engineering, The American University in Cairo

• Assistant Professor, Economics Department, The American University in Cairo, 2011-present
• Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago Center in Paris, Winter 2014
• Lecturer, Economics Department, McGill University, 2008-2011

• Al-Ississ, M. and S. Atallah "Patronage and ideology in electoral behavior: Evidence from Egypt's first presidential elections." European Journal of Political Economy(2014).
• Al Ississs, Mohamad and Atallah, Samer (2013), “Diffusion of Dissidence in Arab Public Opinion”
• Atallah, Samer (2014) “Contagious Institutions: Role of Trade in Changing Institutional Quality”
• Atallah, Samer (2012) “Like Father Like Son: Determinants of Educational Attainment Transmission in Egypt”