Mustapha Nabli
North Africa Bureau of Economic Studies (NABES)
Mustapha Nabli is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, and former Minister of Planning and Economic Development of Tunisia. He has also served as the Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank. He is an ERF (Cairo) senior associate.
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, University of California, USA
- M.A., Economics, University of California, USA
Experience:
- Independent Consultant and CEO, North Africa Bureau of Economic Studies (NABES) International, a consultancy company and think tank. Tunis, Tunisia, 2012
- Consultant, Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, 2014 - Present
- Member and Chair of the Board of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Kenya, 2013 - Present
- Governer, Central Bank of Tunisia, 2011-2012
Latest Publications:
- The Political Economy of the New Arab Awakening”, (With Hakim Ben Hammouda), in Justin Lin and Celestin Monga (Eds.), Handbook of Africa and Economics edited, 2015, Oxford University Press.
- “The Potential Economic Dividends of Arab Revolutions”, (With Hakim Ben Hammouda), in Justin Lin and Celestin Monga (Eds.), Handbook of Africa and Economics, 2015, Oxford University Press.
- “Natural Resources, Volatility and Inclusive Growth: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa”, (with Rabah Arezki), in Rabah Arezki, Catherine Patillo, Marc Quintyn and Min Zhu (Editors), Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries; International Monetary Fund, 2012.
- “Tunisia: Top Performance in Africa and the Middle East (but less than Stellar Globally)”, in Ernest Aryeetey, Shatayan Devarajan, Ravi Kanbur and Louis Kasekende (Editors), The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa, Oxford University Press, 2012
Growth, Employment, Poverty, Inequality, and Digital Transformation in the Arab Region: How Can the Digital Economy Benefit Everyone?
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October, 2022
Policy Research ReportsExport Diversification and Sophistication and Industrial Policy in Tunisia
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November, 2020
Working PapersNatural Resources, Volatility, and Inclusive Growth: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa
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May, 2012
Working PapersEquity and Inequality in the Arab Region
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January, 2010
Policy Research ReportsAuthoritarianism, Credibility of Reforms, and Private Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa
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September, 2008
Working PapersStabilization and Adjustment: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Policies in MENA
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2021-12-01
Growth, Employment, Poverty, Inequality, and Digital Transformation in the Arab Region
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2021-01-01
ERF 29th Annual Conference: The Future of MENA Development Path: Risks and Opportunities in an Emerging World Order
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May 04, 2023
ERF 29th Annual Conference – Parallel Sessions
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May 04, 2023
Embarking on a Path of Renewal: A Joint ERF/FDL Report by the Commission on Stabilization and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
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Oct 17, 2022
Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 in the MENA Region: Labor Market, Firms and Households
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Jul 05, 2022
Dialogues on the Future of Work in the Global South: Building narratives from the Middle East and North Africa
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