Areas of Interest:

• Macroeconomic modelling
• Forecasting and convergence
• Finance
• Natural resource management

Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of Glasgow, UK, 1991. Title of Thesis: Financial Development and Economic Growth in a less Developed Country: Sudan, 1960 1988. Supervisors: Mr. Terry Moody and Prof. David Vines.
• M.A in Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent, UK (1989). 
• B.Sc. (Honours), First Class, University of Gezira, Sudan (1985).
• Diploma in Environmental Economics, United Nations University/WIDER, 1993.     

• Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Sudan, on a one-year loan from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, from 01 March 2020.
• Director, Macroeconomics and Governance Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb 2014 – January 2019, Feb 2019 to 29 February 2020. 
• Director, Macroeconomic Policy Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb 2014 – January 2019. 
• Chief, Macroeconomic Analysis Section, Economic Development and NEPAD, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), June 2008 – January 2014.

Latest Publications:

• Adam Elhiraika, Gamal Ibrahim and William Davis (eds.) (2019) “Economic Governance and Africa’s Structural Transformation. Palgrave, McMillan, Hampshire, UK.
• Carlos Lopes, Abdalla Hamdok and Adam Elhiraika (2017) “Macroeconomic policy framework for Africa’s structural transformation”. Palgrave, McMillan, Hampshire, UK.
• Adam Elhiraika et al. (2016) ‘Resource requirements and financing gap for Africa to meet the SDGs’. African Development Review, Vol.29(1), pp.15-26.