Hatem Jemmali

Associate Professor, University of Manouba

Dr. Hatem Jemmali is a development economist specializing in water management, climate changes, poverty and inequality. Added to his academic position as an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Manouba, Dr. Jemmali is a research fellow in the Economic Research Forum (ERF), an active member in the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS), the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP). He was primarily interested in environmental and natural resource issues, with a major focus on water resources management and sustainable development. He has long been involved in the improvement and the development of monitoring metrics for sustainable water management. His current research interests include economic development and labor economics. He's particularly interested in exploring the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality of human development. His special focus is how to go beyond the summary measures of inequality towards analyzing the distribution of human development achievements across the population. Most of his work focuses on developing countries, with a particular emphasis on MENA region and Arab countries. In addition to his strong record of scientific publications in leading scientific journals in the field, Dr Jemmali has also carried out a number of consultancies and research projects funded mainly by the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and the Economic Research Forum.