Areas of Interest:

• Development Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Macroeconometrics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Faculté de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2003
• M.A., Economics, Faculté de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, University of Tunis, 1991

Experience:

• Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Middle East Center for Economic and Finance- present
• Dubai Economic Council- September 2010- March 2016
• Associate professor of Economics, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage, 2006 
• Assistant professor of Economics, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage, 2003 - 2005
• Teaching assistant in Economics, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage, 1993 - 2002

Latest Publications:

• "Capital account Liberalization and Financial Deepening: Does the Private Sector Matter?", The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2016.
• "The Economic Impact of Phasing Out Energy Consumption Subsidies in GCC Countries ", Journal of Economic and Business, 2016.
• "The Financial Sector in Dubai: Issues and performances", in Abdulrazak Al Faris and Raimondo Soto Editions: "The Economy of Dubai", Oxford University Press, 368 Pages, 2016.
• "The Causality Issue in the Financial Openness and Economic Growth Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Selected Emerging Countries: 1975-2011", Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, vol. 6, no. 1, 95-109, 2016.