Areas of Interest:

• Development Economics and Sustainable Development
• Macroeconomic Policies and International Finance
• Economic Modelling and Forecasting
• Monetary Economics

Education:

• Ph.D, Economics, York University, Canada, 1995
• M.Sc., Agricultural Economics, University of Guelph, Canada, 1987
• M.A., Economics, McMaster University, Canada, 1984
• B.Sc., Agricultural Economics, Cairo University, 1978

Experience:

• Officer-in-Charge - Special Coordinator, Assistance to the Palestinian People, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Jan. 2007 - present
• Economic Affairs Officer, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), May 2002 – Dec.2006
• Senior Economist, African Development Bank, Jun.1998 - Apr.2002

Latest Publications:

• “Aftercare Strategy for Investors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”, UNCTAD Report (UNCTAD/GDS/APP/2009/1), New York and Geneva, Forthcoming (2009).
• “Policy Alternatives for Sustained Palestinian Development and State Formation”, UNCTAD Report (UNCTAD/GDS/APP/2008/1), New York and Geneva, 2009.
• “The Palestinian war-torn economy: aid, development and state formation”, UNCTAD Report (UNCTAD/GDS/APP/2006/1), New York and Geneva, 2006. One of the main authors