Imed Limam

Imed Limam

Economic Advisor, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Kuwait

Imed Limam is an Economic Advisor at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Kuwait. His research focuses on topics related to Applied Economics, Open-Economy Macroeconomics and Development Economics. He received his Ph.D in Economics from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. He is an ERF policy affiliate.

Areas of Interest:

  • Applied Economics
  • Open-Economy Macroeconomics
  • Development Economics

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1992
  • M.A., Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1988

Experience:

  • Economic Advisor, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Kuwait, Sep.2005-present
  • Deputy Director General, Arab Planning Institute (API), Kuwait, Sep.1995-Aug.2005
  • Economist, Arab Planning Institute (API), Kuwait, Sep.1992-Aug.1995

Latest Publications:

  • “Education, Earnings, and Returns to Schooling in Tunisia” (Co-authored), in Assaad, R, and M Boughzala (eds), The Tunisian Labor Market in an Era of Transition, Oxford University Press 2018. 
  • “Determinants of Growth in the MENA Countries”, (Co-authored), in J. Nugent and H. Pesaran (eds), Explaining Growth in the Middle East, ELSEVIER, 2007
  • “Impact of Public Policies on Poverty, Income Distribution and Growth”, (Co–authored); in API-IFPRI Volume on Public Policy and Poverty Reduction in the Arab Region Edited by: Ali Abdel Gadir Ali & Shenggen Fan, ISBN: 99906-80-17-5, 2007.
  • “Is Long Memory a Property of Thin Stock Markets?: International Evidence Using Arab Countries”; Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, Vol.1, No.3, December 2003, Routledge, United Kingdom.
  • “Investigating Stock Price Dynamics in an Oil-Dependent Economy: The Case of Kuwait”, (Co–authored); Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 32, No. 2, September 2002, Australia.
Education, Earnings and Returns to Schooling in Tunisia

Areas of Interest: Applied Economics Open-Economy Macroeconomics Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,... Read More

December, 2017

Working Papers
A Comparative Study of GCC Banks Technical Efficiency

Areas of Interest: Applied Economics Open-Economy Macroeconomics Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,... Read More

July, 2001

Working Papers
The Arab Economies in Multi-Country Models: Survey of Some Regional and Global Experiences

Areas of Interest: Applied Economics Open-Economy Macroeconomics Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,... Read More

January, 1996

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