Ahmed Kamaly

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Planning, and Economic Development, Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Kamaly graduated from the Department of Economics at the American University in Cairo (1991) and received a Master of Economics from the same university (1995) and then a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park (2002). He has extensive experience in academic and international affairs and the private and public sectors. He served as a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC, and a senior economist at Business & Technical Consultants Inc. (IBTCI), Research Coordinator at the Economic Research Forum in Egypt (ERF), Advisor to the World Bank in Washington DC, Chair of Department of Economics, American University in Cairo, Economic Advisor to the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones of Egypt, the Director of the Egyptian National Focal Point (OECD) in the Egyptian Ministry of Investment, and the Chief of the Economic Governance and Planning Section at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). Currently, he serves as deputy minister to the Minister of Planning, and Economic Development, in addition to his work as a professor in the Economics Department of the American University in Cairo. His areas of research interests are: Business finance, growth theory, applied econometrics, economic development, and monetary and fiscal policies.