Areas of Interest:

• Macroeconomic Theory
• International Economics
• Regional Integration

Education:

• Ph. D., Economics, Harvard University, USA, 1981
• M.A., Economics, Harvard University, USA, 1976

Experience:

• Head, Research Laboratory “Laboratoire de Macroéconomie et de Croissance”, University of Tunis, El Manar, 2002-present
• Visiting Professor, University of Nice, Sophia-Antipolis (France) 1999-2002
• Visiting Professor, the University of Paris I, Sorbonne, 1992-1999

Latest Publications:

• “The Success of pro-poor growth in rural and urban Tunisia”, in “Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth, Insights and Lessons of Pro-Poor Growth,”, Besley T. and Cord, L. (ed.), forthcoming Pelgrave Macmillan, November 2006
• “Pro-Poor Growth in Tunisia”, World Bank/AFD/DFID/GTZ Project on Pro-Poor Growth, 2004 (Co-author with Ayadi Mohamed, Boulila Ghazi and Montigny Philippe)
• “Copyright Industries in Tunisia”, in “Performance of Copyright Industries in Selected Arab Countries”, World Intellectual Property Organization, 2003