Areas of Interest:

• Social-economic development issues in the Middle East

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
• M.A., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1997
• M.A., Public Management & Organizational Behavior, CA State University, Sacramento, 1997
• B.A., Economics, Claremont McKenna College (CA), 1992

Experience:

• Brookings Doha Center – Director of Research Doha, Qatar - May 2017 - Present
• Silatech Foundation ‐ Director of Research & Policy Doha, Qatar - Mar. 2012 – Apr. 2017
• Director of Research, The Syria Trust for Development, Syria, Jun.2007
• Assistant Professor - Department of Economics, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Feb.2002-Sep.2007
• Economist, Food and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, USA, Nov.2000-Jan.2002

Latest Publications:

• Kabbani, Nader. “Economic Dimensions of the Social Contract and How to Address Them” in The Modern Arab State: A Decade of Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, edited by Youssef Cherif. Berlin: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Forthcoming).
• Valant, Jon, Nader Kabbani and Nejla Ben Mimoune. “School Choice Around the World.” Brookings Governance Studies Report (Forthcoming).
• Kabbani, Nader and Nejla Ben Mimoune. 2021. “Economic diversification in the Gulf: Time to redouble efforts,” Policy Brief, Brookings Doha Center, January 31, 2021.
• Kabbani, Nader and Nejla Ben Mimoune. 2020. “The Role of Families in Supporting Youth Employment in Qatar,” in Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region, Ed. J. Lansford, A. Ben Brik, and A. Badahdah. NY: Routledge.