Hoda Selim
Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Hoda Selim is currently a Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund. Previously, she was a senior economist at the Dubai Economic Council, an economist at the Economic Research Forum for 5 years, preceded by 5 years at the World Bank’s Cairo Office in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Monitoring. She earned her PhD from Sciences Po in Paris. Her research focuses on the macroeconomics of oil management and the political economy of development. She is a contributor to International Development Ideas, Experience, and Prospects (Oxford University Press, 2014), Financial Integration: A Focus on the Mediterranean Region (Springer, 2013) and MENA Money: Monetary Policy Frameworks and Strategies in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge, 2011). Her co-edited volume, Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in the Arab World was published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press.
Areas of Interest:
- Fiscal Policy and Institutions
- Monetary Policy
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Macroeconomics of Oil Management
- International Finance
- Political Economy of Development
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) de Paris (Sciences Po Paris), 2011
- M.A., Applied Economics, Corporate and International Finance, IEP de Paris, 2003
- B.A., Economics, French Section, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 2001
Experience:
- Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund, Jan. 2021-Present
- Senior Economist, WAEMU, African Department, International Monetary Fund, Jul.2020-Dec.2020
- Economist, WAEMU, African Department, International Monetary Fund, Jul.2019-Jul.2020
- Economist, Republic of Congo, African Department, International Monetary Fund, May2017-Jun.2019
- Senior Economist, Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Dubai Economic Council (DEC), Jun.2016-Apr.2019
Latest Publications:
- Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies, with Jeffrey B. Nugent and Kamiar Mohaddes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2019
- Fiscal Outcomes in Bahrain: Resource Volatility, Fiscal Institutions or Politics, with Hoda El-Enbaby in Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2019
- Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in Resource-rich Arab Economies, with Ibrahim Elbadawi. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2016
Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
June, 2019
Edited VolumesFiscal Outcomes in Bahrain: Oil Price Volatility, Fiscal Institutions or Politics?
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
October, 2018
Working PapersDoes Central Bank Independence Matter in Arab Oil Exporters
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
September, 2018
Working PapersReforming Fiscal Institutions in Resource-Rich Arab Economies: Policy Proposals
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
September, 2018
Working PapersEconomic Management under Fire
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
November, 2017
Edited VolumesThe Elusive Quest for Arab Economic Development
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
2013-01-01
Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy in Selected Southern Mediterranean Countries
Areas of Interest: Fiscal Policy and Institutions Monetary Policy Macroeconomics International Economics Macroeconomics of Oil Management International Finance... Read More
2013-01-01