Areas of Interest:

• Human Development
• Applied Statistics
• Quantitative Techniques

Education:

• Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, USA, 1969
• B.Sc. (Hons.) Economics and Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt,1963

Experience:

• Director, Almishkat Centre for Research and Training, Cairo, Jul.1992-present
• Lead author, Editor, Arab Regional Human development Report, UNDP and AFESD, 2002-2005
• Senior Consultant, Project on the Impact of Return Migration on the Rural Economy in Egypt / the Social Research Centre, the American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Sep.1989- Jun.1992