Areas of Interest:

• Labor and Human Development

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Cairo University, 1984
• M.A., Economics, Cairo University, 1980
• B.A., Economics, (with honors), Cairo University, 1976

Experience:

• CEO of the Egyptian Iron and Steel Association, Jun. 2019-Present
• CEO of Egypols (a consultancy company for Polling and Socio-economic Research), Mar. 2015-Present
• Former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and political Sc.- Cairo University (2008-2011)

Latest Publications:

• El Mahdi, A., Abdallah, A.; (2019), Survey on the 2017/2018 Graduates of the Egyptian Dual System, GIZ, Egypols, Cairo.
• El Mahdi A., S. El Shawarby, A. El Nakeeb, (2019) Towards a more Competitive Tax System for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, ENCC and USAID, Cairo. (Arabic)
• El Mahdi, A., M. El Garf, etal., (2018) Increasing Female Participation in the Labor Market and developing her Skills, ENCC and USAID-Seed Program, Cairo. (Arabic)
• El Mahdi, A. etal., (2018) The Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey of the Emergency Employment Investment Project (EEIP), World Bank and MSMEDA, Cairo.
• El Mahdi, A., A. El Nakeeb. D. Barakat, 2018, “Cairo: A Vibrant Investment City”, in The State of African Cities 2018–The geography of African Investment, UNHABITAT, file:///C:/Users/Alia/Downloads/The%20State%20of%20African%20Cities.pdf
• El-Mahdi, A. and Ali Abdallah, 2016, "Gender and Rights in the Informal Economy in Egypt",  in “Supporting women as economic actors in the MENA region”, The Imperial College Press, London.
• El Mahdi, A., etal; “The role of farmed fish in the diets of the resource-poor in Egypt”; (2015); WorldFish. Penang, Malaysia. Program Report: 2015-05. http://pubs.iclarm.net/resource_centre/2015-05.pdf
• El Mahdi, A. & O. El Khawaga, (2015), “Education Systems and Their Impact on the Labor Market”, in Ayadi,R., Dabrowski, M., Ed., Economic and Social Development of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries, Springer, # SBN 978-3-319-11122-3.