Samir Abdullah
Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)
Dr. Samir Abdullah Ali is Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS). Prior to this position, he was the Director General of MAS for two terms (2004-2007 and 2010-2013). He also served as the Minister of Planning and the Minister of Labor in the Palestinian National Authority in 2007-2009. Dr. Abdullah received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1984 from Prague School of Economics, and the B.Sc. of Economics from Jordan University 1976. He started his academic career at Al-Najah University in 1985, as an Assistant Professor, and served as the Head of the Department of Economics (1987-1990) and promoted to Associate Professor in 1990. He won the Fulbright Scholarship to do research and teach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the 2000/2001 academic year. Dr. Abdullah was selected as a member of the Palestinian Delegation to the Bilateral and Multilateral Peace Negotiations and participated in the Madrid Peace Conference in November1991 and the Washington Bilateral Negotiation 1992-1993. He headed the Palestine Counterpart Team to the World Bank and the IMF (1992-1994) and served as the Deputy Minister of Economy (1994-1995).
Areas of Interest:
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Development
- Strategic Planning
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, Prague School of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic, 1984
- M.Sc., Economics, Prague School of Economics 1980
- B.Sc., Economics, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan 1976
Experience:
- Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) Present
- Director General of Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute–MAS., 2004-2007 & 2009-2013Senior Researcher at MAS 2013 to date
- Minister of Labor and Planning 2007-2009
- General Manager, Palestine Trade Center- Pal-Trade, Sep.1999-Mar.2002
- General Manager of Arab Palestinian Investment Bank 1996-1998
- Associate Professor at Birzeit University and An Najah University – Nablus
Latest Publications:
- COID-19 in the Mediterranean and Africa: Diagnosis, Policy Responses, Preliminary Assessment and Way Forward, April 2020.(Co-Author) https://euromed-economists. org/covid-19-in-the-mediterranean-and-africa-diagnosis-policy-responses-preliminary-assessment-and-way-forward/
- Establishment Census in Palestine, Analysis Report, PCBS, Ramallah, Nov. 2019
- Diagnostic Report on Palestinian National Authority Local Government’s Readiness for PPP, MAS & MDLF, June 2019.
- Preserving East Jerusalem in the Context of the Two-State Solution, Short and Medium Term Sectoral Development Agenda for East Jerusalem 2019-2023, MAS & NAD/PLO, 2018. http://www.mas.ps/files/server/20191703143439-1.pdf
- East Jerusalem's Economic Cluster Report; https://www.mas.ps/files/server/20191703143807-1.pdf
The Middle East Peace Dilemma: Bilateral Political Negotiation for Multilateral Economic Cooperation
Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Economic Development Strategic Planning Education: Ph.D., Economics, Prague School of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic,... Read More
November, 1995
Working Papers