Areas of Interest:

• Monetary Policy
• International Economics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2001
• M.A., Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 1998
• B.A. Economics, The American University in Cairo, 1995

Experience:

• Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt
• Minister of Tourism, Arab Republic of Egypt
• International Monetary Fund
• Head of Monetary Policy Stance, Central Bank of Egypt
• Economist, Vietnam Desk, Asia and Pacific Department (APD), The International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., USA, Jun.2001-Jul. 2005
• Economist, India Desk, Asia and Pacific Department, The International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., USA, Jun.2002-May 2003

Latest Publications:

• Al-Mashat, Rania, “The Central Bank of Egypt’s Core (Underlying) Measures of Inflation,” The Central Bank of Egypt Working Paper Series, March 2007
• Al-Mashat, Rania, “The Exchange Rate Pass-through in Egypt,” The Central Bank of Egypt Working Paper Series, November 2006
• Al-Mashat, Rania, “Estimating the Nominal and Real Money Gaps in Egypt,” The Central Bank of Egypt Working Paper Series, June 2006