Shaker Sarsour

Head of the Research and Analysis Division, Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA)

Shaker Sarsour, PhD., is a Palestinian economic researcher with over 15 years of experience in economic research, data analysis, modeling, and monetary policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Siena, Italy, and a M.Sc. in Economics and a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in Economics from Birzeit University. Dr. Sarsour serves as the Head of the Research and Analysis Division at the Palestine Monetary Authority, a position he has held since April 2023. Prior to this role, he served as the Head of the Public Finance Division at the PMA for many years. He is a Steering Committee member of the Regional Research Network of Central Banks of the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (RRN) since August 2025. Also Dr. Sarsour is affiliated with the Economic Research Forum (ERF) as a research associate since 2012. Throughout his career, Dr. Sarsour has a proven track record in publishing research, advising on macroeconomic developments, inflation dynamics, risk tolerance, economic competitiveness, foreign aid impacts, and banking system efficiency. He has also contributed chapters to books on monetary policy and the financial system in Palestine. In addition to his professional experience, Dr. Sarsour has an academic experience as a part-time lecturer at Birzeit University.