Samir Makdisi

Samir Makdisi

Professor Emeritus of Economics, American University of Beirut

Samir Makdisi is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Founding Director of the Institute of Financial Economics, at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He is a former Minister of Economy, Republic of Lebanon (1992), Deputy President of AUB (1992–1998) and Chair of the Board of Trustees, Economic Research Forum (1993–2001) and, an elected member of the Board, 2012–2022. Recipient of several honors including the AUB medal (1998), he is widely published in academic journals and has written books in the areas of financial policies, civil conflict and democratic transitions, among others, with special reference to the Arab World. He is co-editor (with Ibrahim Elbadawi) of Democratic Transitions in the Arab World published by Cambridge University Press (2017). He received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University, New York.

Areas of Interest:

  • International Economics
  • Monetary Economics
  • Development and Middle East Economics

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA
  • M.A., Economics, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • B.A., Economics, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Experience:

  • Professor Emeritus of Economics, American University of Beirut, 2008-Present
  • Professor of Economics, American University of Beirut, 1972 – 2007
  • Founding Director, Institute of Financial Economics, American University of Beirut,1984–2007

Latest Publications:

  • Editor and contributor (with R.Soto) Aftershock of the Arab Uprisings: Reconstruction, National Peace and Democratic Change (forthcoming)
  • “Arab Development and the Transition to Democracy”, Hassan Hakmian (ed) The Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Economy-Forthcoming (London)
  • “The Arab Region: Development Without Democracy”, The Scottish Journal of Political Economy- Forthcoming “Repatriation of Syrian Refugees-Conditions of Return and Implications for Post Conflict transition, An Overview”, S. Capasso, G. Canitano (eds), Mediterranean economies, 2020 (il Mulino, Italy)
  • “The Sustainability of GCC Development Under the New Global Oil Order”. G.Luciani and T. Moerenhout (eds), When Can Oil Economies be Deemed Sustainable?, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020 ( with I.Elbadawi)
  • Editor and contributor (with I. Elbadawi), Democratic Transitions in the Arab World, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
  • Editor and contributor (with I. Elbadawi), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit, (Routledge, 2011). Translated into Arabic and published by the Center for Arab Unity Studies (2012)
A Model of Political Uprisings

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

March, 2023

Working Papers
The Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings: Towards Reconstruction, Democracy and Peace

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

March, 2023

Edited Volumes
The Arab Uprisings and The Path to National Peace and Sustainable Development

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

September, 2022

Working Papers
Lebanon’s Multifaceted Economic Crisis of October 2019: Causes, Repercussions: A Diagnosis

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

August, 2022

Working Papers
Economic Agenda for Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

June, 2020

Working Papers
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Post Conflict Contexts for Rigorous Political Economy Analysis and for Advocacy of Sustainable Reconstruction
Conflict, Peace building and Post Conflict Transition in War Afflicted Arab Countries

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

2018-09-01

Annual Conferences
ERF 30th Annual Conference: Tragedies of Regional Conflicts and Promises of Peacebuilding

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

Apr 21, 2024

Annual Conferences
ERF 29th Annual Conference: The Future of MENA Development Path: Risks and Opportunities in an Emerging World Order

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

May 04, 2023

Webinars
Seminar on: A New State of Mind: The Learning State

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

Jan 12, 2023

Webinars
Conflict and Post Conflict Transition to Peace Building and Development in War-Afflicted Arab Countries

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

Sep 19, 2022

Webinars
Policy Conference on Conflict, Post-Conflict and Reconstruction in Conflict-Afflicted Arab Countries

Areas of Interest: International Economics Monetary Economics Development and Middle East Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, USA... Read More

Jun 21, 2022

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