Amr Khafagy
Senior Lecturer in Finance, London Metropolitan University
Amr Khafagy is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at London Metropolitan University. His work examines the impact of subsidies and external finance on agricultural productivity, resilience in agri-food systems, the impact of finance on SME growth, and the economics of financial cooperatives. He is the author of The Economics of Financial Cooperatives (Routledge, 2020) and has published articles in leading agricultural economics journals, as well as contributed to policy reports for the Food and Agriculture Organization and the European Commission.
Areas of Interest:
- Industrial development
- Finance and development
- Agricultural economics
Education:
- PGCert in Academic Practice, University of Gloucestershire, UK, 2022
- PhD in International Development Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Dissertation: The Economics of Financial Cooperatives: Income Distribution, Political Economy and Regulation, 2018
- M.Sc. in Investment, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt, 2014
- Master’s Degree in Management of Development, University of Turin, Italy, 2013
Experience:
- Lecturer in Finance, Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law, London Metropolitan University, 2023 - present
- Senior Research Fellow, Finance in Society Research Institute, Gloucestershire Business School, University of Gloucestershire, 2022 - 2023
- Research Fellow, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, 2021 - 2023
- Research Assistant, Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, 2019 - 2021
Latest Publications:
- Vigani, M., Khafagy, A., & Berry, R. (2024). Public spending for agricultural risk management: Land use, regional welfare and intra-subsidy substitution. Food Policy, 123, 102603.
- Khafagy, A. and Vigani, M. (2023). External finance and agricultural productivity growth. Agribusiness, 39 (2) 448-472.
- Khafagy, A. and Vigani, M. (2022). Technical Change and the Common Agricultural Policy. Food Policy, 109, 102267.
Harvesting Opportunities: Policy, Twinning, and Agri-Food Value Chains Across the Mediterranean
Areas of Interest: Industrial development Finance and development Agricultural economics Education: PGCert in Academic Practice, University of Gloucestershire,... Read More
Dec 16, 2024