Amirah El-Haddad

Organizations: Universities
Professions: Economist, Educator

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Associate Professor of Economics

Amirah El-Haddad

CONTACT INFORMATION / WORK


Cairo University

amirah.elhaddad@feps.edu.eg

Education


Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland, USA. 2005.

MA, Economics of Development, Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 1997.

B.Sc., Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 1993.

languages


Arabic

English

German

COMPETENCES


Economics of Development

Institutional Economics

Industrial Organization

WORK HISTORY


Associate Professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 2005 - Present.

Part-time Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science, British University in Egypt, 2007.

World Bank Consultant, Operations Evaluation Department.

Honorary office and memberships


Board Member, Partners in Development (PID) 2009 - Present.

Member, Arab Society for Economics Research (ASFER) 2009 - Present.

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, the Lahore Journal of Economics.

Productions and Works


El-Haddad, A. (2015), "Breaking the Shackles: The Structural Challenge of Growth and Transformation for Egypt's Industrial Sector, in Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy.

A Comparative Analysis of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey and Case Studies", Vol. 2 & 3, European Investment Bank.

El-Haddad, A., (2010), "Egypt versus South Korea: divergent paths to industrialization" in Role of the State in a Mixed Economy, (Abdallah Shehata, Ed.) Cairo: Partners in Development (PID).

"Effects of the Global Crisis on the Egyptian Textiles and Clothing Sector: A Blessing in Disguise?" ECES Working Paper No. 156. Cairo: Egyptian Center for Economics Studies. 2010.

"Labor Market Gender Discrimination under Structural Adjustment: the Case of Egypt." Social Research Center Working Paper #003. American University in Cairo.

AWARDS


Research grant for the 10th Round of the Economic Research Forum - Global Development Network Regional Research Competition. Principal Investigator (2010-2011).

Government Financial Honor Award (1989-93).