Areas of Interest:

• International Finance
• Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policies
• Development and Growth

Education:

• 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

Experience:

• Director of the Research Department, African Development Bank - present
• Lead Economist in Charge of the MENA Region, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – London, UK, 2012-2018
• Senior Economist, The International Monetary Fund – Washington DC, US, 2005-2012

Latest Publications:

• 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