Nader Kabbani
Director of Research and Director of the Governance and Development Program, Middle East Council on Global Affairs
Nader Kabbani is Senior Fellow, Director of Research, and Director of the Governance and Development Program with the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Kabbani also serves as Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and Research Fellow with the Economic Research Forum based in Cairo. A development researcher and practitioner with over 20 years’ experience, Kabbani served as Senior Fellow and Director of Research with the Brookings Doha Center and Director of Policy and Research at the Silatech Foundation. He was the founding Director of the Syrian Development Research Centre at the Syria Trust for Development. During his career, Kabbani held positions on the Economics faculty of the American University of Beirut and on the research staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California State Senate. Kabbani has worked as a consultant for several international organizations, including the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme and has served on the advisory boards of several non-profit organizations and social enterprises. Kabbani has published policy papers and academic articles on a wide variety of development issues, mostly covering the Middle East. Kabbani has a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University.
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.
The Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings: Towards Reconstruction, Democracy and Peace
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
March, 2023
Edited VolumesRaising Awareness of Alternatives to Public Sector Employment Among Syrian Youth
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
January, 2008
Working PapersMeasuring Hunger and Food Insecurity in Yemen
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
September, 2004
Working PapersDissemination of the Second Regional Report on Jobs and Growth in North Africa (2018 -21): Developments through the COVID-19 Era
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
Oct 24, 2022
Policy Conference on Conflict, Post-Conflict and Reconstruction in Conflict-Afflicted Arab Countries
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
Jun 21, 2022
Series of Consultations: 2021/22 Human Development Report
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
Nov 22, 2021
Dialogues on the Future of Work in the Global South: Building narratives from the Middle East and North Africa
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
Jul 26, 2021
ERF 27th Annual Conference: SDGs and External Shocks in the MENA Region: From Resilience to Change in the Wake of COVID-19
Areas of Interest: Social-economic development issues in the Middle East Education: Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2001 M.A.,... Read More
May 17, 2021