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1 Curriculum Vitae Name: Nationality: Gender: Ahmed Farouk Hamed Ghoneim Egyptian Male Date of Birth: 04/05/1969 Permanent Address: 45 Lebanon Street, Mohandessin, Giza, Egypt Telephone and Fax : (Home), (mobile), (fax) aghoneim@gmx.de Languages: Arabic (native) English (Fluent: reading, writing and speaking) German (Fluent: reading and speaking; Good: writing) French (fair: reading, writing and speaking) Computer Skills: Word Processing: WP, Windows Spread Sheets: Lotus123, Excel Special Economic Software: TSP, STATA, EVIEWs Academic Qualifications: 01/04/ /12/2000 Graduate School for Middle East Studies / Economics Ph.D. Program Thesis: Issues of Regional Trade Integration among Industrialized and Developing Countries: The Case of The Egyptian-European Partnership Agreement, Overall Grade: Very Good. Overall Grade: Magna cumlauda) Friedrich-Alexander-Univeristaet, Erlangen-Nuermberg, Germany. 01/09/ /12/1994 M.A. in Economics of Development Thesis: Impact of Aid on Growth through its Impact on Investment and Imports: Case Study; Egypt Overall Grade; 81.7% (B+) Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. 1988/ /92 B.Sc. in Economics Overall Grade; Excellent with honors Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University. 1986/ /89 Two years of undergraduate courses Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. 1985/ /87 General Certificate of Education (G.C.E.) from England. Overall Grade; 92%. 1975/ /86 Primary and Secondary Schooling in Port Said School (English School) Cairo, Egypt. Professional Training: 1

2 01/12/ /12/2008 Study Tour in Denmark on Anti-Corruption organized by Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute and financed by DANIDA Fellowship Program 10/10/ /10/2005 Course on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries in Global Agricultural Trade and International Negotiations, Held in Rome and financed by World Bank 3/5/2004-7/5/2004 Training Seminar for Trainers on Competition Organized by the European Commission within the Regional Program for the Euro Med Market, Held in Vienna and financed by European Commission 19/4/ / Course: Services Trade and International Negotiations Held by the World Bank in Washington D.C. financed by Ford Foundation 26/5/ /5/2003 Workshop on Competition in the Southern and Northern Mediterranean Countries Organized by the European Commission within the Regional Program for the Euro Med Market, Held in Berlin and financed by European Commission 17/12/ /12/2002 Training Workshop on Trade in Services held by WTO and ESCWA in Beirut and financed by World Bank 03/07/ /7/2000 Summer School for Ph.D. Students in Florence, Italy; The Mediterranean in the 21 st Century: Enduring Differences and Prospects for Co-operation. organized and sponsored by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute 26/10/ /10/1999 Course; Macroeconomic Management: Financial Sector Issues held by the World Bank in Cairo 29/07/ /08/1998 Course; Globalization and New Trade Agenda held by the World Bank in Washington DC 09/02/ /02/1998 Course; New Skills in Economic Growth held by the World Bank in Washington DC 03/07/ /07/1995 Workshop; The Use of Microdata Sets in Labor Economics organized and sponsored by the Economic Research Forum(ERF), Cairo, Egypt. 12/06/ /07/1993 Training for Young African Leaders on Entrepreneurship in the U.S. sponsored by the United States Information Agency (USIA). Employment History: 25/6/2006- Associate Professor in the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University (Full time). 2

3 Teaching Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Institutional Economics, International Trade, and Economics of European Union. 02/02/ /6/2006 Assistant Professor in the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University (Full time). Taught Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Institutional Economics, International Trade, and Economics of European Union. 01/10/1992-2/2/2001 Teaching Associate/Assistant in the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University (Full time). On leave due to Ph.D. obligations. Taught; Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Introduction to Economics and Economic Planning (undergraduate level). Feasibility Studies (graduate level). 01/04/2003- Associate Professor at the American University in Cairo, teaching at the Management Center s MBA program and starting Fall 2009 teaching a masters course on International Migration and Development at the Center of Refugees and Migration at the AUC. Other Professional Jobs: 01/09/2007- Economic Consultant to the Egyptian Water and Waste-Water Regulatory Authority through WWSPR Project which is a USAID funded project aimed at enhancing the water and wastewater sector in Egypt. My position is a part time consultant in this regard helping to design economic policies to this sector through EWRA 01/09/ /09/2008 Managing Director of the Center for European Studies, Cairo University 1/10/ /12/2008 International Consultant for the World Bank writing a thematic paper on Agriculture Trade and Regional Trade Agreements in the Arab World 1/06/ /12/2008 Consultant to GTZ in Egypt undertaking several lectures and seminars for building capacity for exporters on issues related to regional trade agreements joined by Egypt 20/11/2006-4/12/2006 International consultant for UNDP writing a report on capacity building needs of the Trade Policy Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Jordan 25/08/ /10/2006 International consultant for DFID writing a report submitted to the Ministry of Planning, Yemen on how Yemen should proceed with joining the Gulf Cooperation Council 01/02/ /3/2006 International consultant for GTZ undertaking a study on regional trade agreements and accession to World Trade Organization in Yemen 1/01/2005- Economic Consultant for the Canadian Egyptian Business Council (CEBC) 01/09/ /12/2005 Short term international expert developing a trade strategy for the Arab countries within a project on Industrial Strategy for the Arab World coordinated by the Arab Organization for Industrial Development and Mining 3

4 01/09/ /06/2005 International consultant for UNDP undertaking a study on trade policy in Yemen 01/04/ /8/2004 Advisor to the Minister of Industry on International Agreements and Foreign Trade Issues (Part time) 15/05/ /06/2004 Local consultant for USAID writing a report on trade facilitation in Egypt 01/05/ /5/2004 Local consultant for USAID organizing a seminar in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry on the Importance of Laboratory Accreditation for Industry, Trade, and Sustainable Development 15/12/ /1/2004 International Consultant for USAID, Nathan Associates working in Yemen to identify the trade capacity building priorities for USAID to undertake in Yemen 01/02/ /03/2003 Consultant to USAID in Egypt undertaking a study to evaluate the possibility of converting taxies from the use of gasoline to compressed natural gas 01/06/ /12/2003 Deputy Director of the Center of Economics and Financial Research Studies (CEFRS), Cairo University 20/03/ /6/2002 Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade (Part time) 01/11/2002- Short term consultant for the World Bank on different projects related to trade policy with special emphasis on World Trade Organization, Regional Trade Agreements, capacity building and trade in services (conducted training for government officials in Kuwait, Syria, and Yemen) 01/11/ /12/2002 Instructor at the American Chamber of Commerce in Cairo for International Trade course for the CFA/CMA degrees 01/06/2001- Short term consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on different Projects related to cultural and copyright industries 24/12/ /05/2002 Instructor of Macro and Managerial Aspects of Economics courses in the Master of Business Administration (MBA)of Regional Information Technology Institute, Egypt and Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands (Part Time) 16/11/ /11/1999 Short term Instructor at the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait. Lecturing on the Future Trade Agenda and the MENA Region (Lecturing on Issues related to services, agriculture and new issues as labor and environment) 24/4/ /4/1999 Short term World Bank Consultant (a speaker in a training seminar on trade policy 4

5 organized by the World Bank in collaboration with the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait) 01/05/ /07/1996 Research assistant at the Social Research Center, American University in Cairo (Part Time) 23/12/ /05/1996 Economic researcher at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)(Part Time) 01/01/ /04/1995 Researcher in a joint project; Economic Cooperation and Integration in The Middle East, A Literature Survey: With Particular Reference to Egypt organized by the Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF) and sponsored by the Center for International Studies, University of Toronto (published by the Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1995) 01/12/ /03/1993 Research assistant for Prof. Heba Handoussa, Economics Department, American University in Cairo (Part time) 01/12/ /05/1993 Research assistant for Prof. Heba Nassar, Social Research Center at The American University in Cairo (Part time) 01/10/ /05/1993 Researcher in: Trade Net Project, Information and Decision Support Center for The Cabinet of Ministers, Egypt (Part time). Publication Titles: Refereed Articles in Academic Journals and Books: Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (1995), The Monetary Side of the Structural Adjustment Program in Egypt and Its Impact on the Main Macroeconomic Variables, in: Aliaa El Mahdy (ed.) The Social and Political Aspects of the Economic Reform in Egypt, Cairo: Research Center of Developing Countries, Cairo University, (in Arabic). Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2000), Antidumping under the GATT and the European Union Rules: Prospects for The Egyptian-European Partnership Agreement, in Heba Nassar and Alfons Naeim (eds.) The Egyptian Exports and the Challenges of the Twenty First Century, Cairo: Center of Economic and Financial Research and Studies Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2001), The Determinants of the Egyptian Exports Market Access to the European Union Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, Working Paper Series. (This is a research project undertaken by the author within the context of the FEMISE network) republished as CEFRS Research Projects Series Vol. (10) Dec.2000 Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2002), Institutional Reform to promote Exports: Egypt and the EU, in Handouss, Heba and Noha El-Mikawy (eds), Institutional Reform and Economic Development in Egypt: Which Institutions and Why, Bonn: Center for Development Research, Bonn University. Republished by the American University in Cairo (AUC) Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Heba Nassar (2002), Trade and Migration, Are They Complements or Substitutes: A Review of Four MENA Countries, presented at the University of European Union Annual Meeting, Florence Italy, March A shorter version is presented at the World Bank Development Annual Conference (ABCDE Europe) held in Oslo th June, Published as ERF Working Paper No and CEFRS Economic Studies Series Vol. (28), Mach 2003 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2002), Competition Policy or Competition Law: What Does Egypt Really Need, Boletín Latinoamericano de Competencia, No. 17, pp First presented at the ERF 9th Annual Conference held in Sharja, UAE, October

6 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Cultural Industries in Egypt, in Ghoneim, Ahmed F. et. al, Performance of Copyright Industries in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Geneva: Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Ahmed F. Ghoneim Ghoneim, Ahmed F., Juergen von Hagen, and Susan Wolf (2003), Trade Relations between the EU and North Africa, Chapter 10 of the 2002/2003 The Arab World Competitiveness Report, Oxford: Oxford University Press printed for the World Economic Forum. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Rules of Origin and their Impact on Egypt within the context of the EU- Med Partnership Agreement, Journal of World Trade, June 2003 Vol. 37 No. 3, pp First presented at the annual conference of Economic Research Forum, January Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Noha El-Mikawy(2003), Political Economy Aspects of Trade Reform in Egypt, in Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Heba Nassar (2003) (eds.) Institutional and Policy Challenges Facing the Egyptian Economy, Cairo: Center of Economic and Financial Research, Cairo University Ghoneim, Ahmed F., Sherine Ghoneim, and Sherif Kamel (2004), The Impact of the Role of the Government of Egypt on Electronic Commerce Development and Growth in The Social and Cognitive Impacts of e-commerce on Modern Organizations by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (ed), Idea Group Publishing. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2004), Egyptian Exports Performance: Has the Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Program made a Difference?, in Aspects of Structural Reform with special Reference to the Egyptian Economy by Mona El Baradei (ed). First presented at the 8 th Conference of the Department of Economics, faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, April, Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2004), Trade Chapter in Egypt Country Profile: The Road Ahead for Egypt, a FEMISE project coordinated by Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey and Institute de La Mediterranne. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), The Audio-visual Sector in Egypt, in Guerrieri, Paolo, P. Lelio Iapadre, and Georg Koopman, Cultural Diversity and International Economic Integration: The Global Governance of the Audio-Visual Sector, Edward Elgar. First published as Competition, Cultural Variety and Global Governance: the Case of the Global Audiovisual System: Case of Egypt, HWWA- Report No. 246, Hamburg: Hamburg Institute of International Economics, ISSN Research project undertaken for the IAI and the HWWA. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Achieving The Two Objectives: Export Promotion and Job Creation, in Ibraim Awad (editor), Towards An Employment Policy in Egypt, Cairo: International Labor Office and haiaa masria Amma llikitab. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Amr Essawy, (2005), Trade Facilitation and the Integration of Egyptian Manufacturers in World Trade with Special Emphasis on Port Efficiency, in Heba Nassar (editor), Revisiting Egypt s Competitiveness: Te Road Ahead for Building Leading Sectors, Cairo: CEFRS. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2006), Arab Trade Integration in Retrospect: Comparison with the European Union Experience and Lessons Learnt in Naglaa El Ehwany (editor), Integration and Enlargement of the European Union: Lessons to be for the Arab Region, A publication of the Center of European Studies and Knorad Adenaur Foundation. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2006), Trade relations Between the European Union and the Southern Mediterranean Countries: Prospects for Export Based on the Enlargement of the European Union, the New Neighbourhood Policy and the Barcelona Process in Franco Praussello (editor), Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the Mediterranean Countries Following the EU Enlargement. Franco Angeli - Milan, 2006, 540 p. 6

7 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2006), Impact of Liberalization of Trade in Services: Banking, Telecommunications and Maritime Transport in Egypt, Research project undertaken for FEMISE. Project Coordinator Subidey Togan Impact of Liberalization of Trade in Services: Banking, Telecommunications and Maritime Transport in Egypt Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. Available at Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2006), The Economic and Regulatory Policy Implications of Overlapping Preferential Trade Agreements in the Arab Countries: The Case of Egypt, Research project undertaken for IDRC. Project Coordinator Hanaa Kheir-El-Din The Economic and Regulatory Policy Implications of Overlapping Preferential Trade Agreements in the Arab Countries. Published as ERF Special Report, Research Report Series No Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Ulrike Grote (2006) Impact of Labor Standards on Egyptian Exports in Grote, Ulrike, Arnab Basu and Nancy Chau (eds.), New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling, Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. Also published as ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy Nr. 108, Bonn: University of Bonn. Center of Development Studies (Zentrum fuer Entwicklung Forschung). Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Law Making for Trade Liberalization and Investment Promotion in Egypt in Noha El Mikawy (editor), The Imperative of Good Governance: Economic Reform, Political Will, Incentives, & Capacities for Meaningful Participation, ZEF and ERF. Ghoneim, Ahmed F., and Miria Pigato (2006), "Egypt After the End of the Multiple-Fiber Agreement: A Comparative Regional Analysis", ECES Working Paper No. 114, Cairo: Egyptian Center for Economic Studies. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Abdallah Shihata (2007), Institutions, and Economic Reform in Egypt, in Moustafa El Saiid (editor), The Institutional Reform and Development in Egypt, Cairo: Partners in Development. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Omneia A. Helmy (2007), Maritime Transport and Related Logistics Services in Egypt: Opportunities and Risks paper prepared for the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) and the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). Available at %20Maritime%20and%20Logistics-%2017%20july% pdf. Published as ECES Working Paper No. 125, and as ICTSD Issue paper No. 8. Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2007) (coordinator and main author with M. El Garf, M. Gasiorek, and P. Holmes), Examining the Deep Integration Aspects of the EU-South Mediterranean Countries: Comparing the Barcelona Process and Neighbourhood Policy, the Case of Egypt, FEMISE Project No. FEM31-08, financed by European Commission. Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2007), Access to Services and Its Impact on Competitiveness of Egyptian Firms, The Journal of International Trade and Diplomacy 1 (2), Fall 2007: , first published as an American University in Cairo, Social Research Center Working Paper No. 1. Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2007), Economic Performance of the Arabic Translation Industry in Egypt, in Najib Harabi (editor), Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) paper No. 6707, available at MPRA Paper No Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), Yemen's integration in the world economy in Allam Ahmed (editor), Business Excellence and Competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa, UK: Inderscience publishers. Available at Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Lobna Abdel Latif (2008), Competition, Competition Policy and Economic Efficiency in the MENA Region: The Case of Egypt, in Khalid Sekkat (editor), Competition and Efficiency in the Arab World, New York: Palgrave, Macmillan. 7

8 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), To What Extent Should Egypt go Deep in Its Free Trade Area with the United States if Any!!, Journal of World Investment and Trade, Vol. 9, No. 2 April Edition, pp First presented at the American Studies Center Conference entitled The Arab-American Relationships: The Status of the Present and the Prospects of the Future, held at Cairo University, April, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Dina Atef Mandour (2008), "Egypt as a Knowledge-based Economy, with Special Emphasis on the Role of Youth", Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Economics Department Research Papers Series No. 28, March Ghoneim, Ahmed F., Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, Akrum Bastawy, and Lahcen Achy (2008), The Political Economy of Trade Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: A Study of Selected Sectors in Egypt and Morocco: A Study of Selected Sectors in Egypt and Morocco, ERF Research Report No. RTTR 2008, available at Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), "Can Trade Policy Save Egypt from the World Food Crisis?", Paper submitted to Social Contract Center Project, Information and Decision Support Center, Cabinet of Prime Minister. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Nicolas Preidy (2008), "The Greater Arab Free Trade Area: An ex-post appraisal within an imperfect competition framework", FEMISE Project n 32-03, available at Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), " Egypt's Prerequisites to Ensure Effective and Fruitful Reform of Services", ECES Working Paper No. 149, Cairo: Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, first presented at paper presented at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) conference entitled Towards More Efficient Services in Egypt held in Cairo 22, 23 December, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), "Research Uptake in an Informal Setting: The Case of Egypt", in Diana Tussie (editor), The Politics of Trade, The Role of Research in Trade Policy and Negotiations, BRILL and IDRC. Working Papers, Background Papers, Papers presented at National and International Conferences, and Articles, Research Projects or Chapters in Books to be published: Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2002), Audiovisual Sector and the GATS: Case Study of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, Research Project undertaken in collaboration with the World Bank and the Institute of International Affairs, Italy. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Helping to Identify the Potential and Mode for Liberalization of Trade in Services in the Southern Mediterranean Countries: The Case of Egypt, presented at the University of European Union Annual Meeting, Florence Italy, March ERF Working Paper No Ghoneim, Ahmed F., Michael Gasiorek, Peter Holmes and Leonardo Iacavone (2004), Dealing with Technical Barriers to Trade in the EuroMed region in Gasiorek, Michael et.al The effects of the Association Agreements on Industries of Mediterranean Partners, Report Submitted to the European Commission and financed by FEMISE. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2004), How Does Trade Policy Affect the Election Process in the US?, paper presented at the Center for American Studies, American University in Cairo Conference on Elections in the US, 2-4 October, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2004), The Process of Decision Making in the US Agricultural Trade Policy: A Political Economy Perspective, Working Paper No. 4, Center of American Studies, Cairo University. 8

9 Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2005), 10 Years After Barcelona Declaration: Impact on Regional Integration among South Mediterranean Countries and with the European Union, Background Chapter for the FEMISE Report on The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, 10 years After Barcelona, Achievements and Perspectives coordinated by Radwan, Samir and Jean Louis Reiffers, FEMISE. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Exports as an Engine for Growth Background paper for the Egypt Human Development Report 2005/2006. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Services as an Engine for Growth Background paper for the Egypt Human Development Report 2005/2006. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Is Political Liberalization a Prerequisite for Economic Liberalization? The Case of the Arab World paper presented at the Euro-Mediterranean Economic Transition Conference, Brussels, April, Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (2005), 10 Years After Barcelona Declaration: Impact on Regional Integration among South Mediterranean Countries and with the European Union on Egypt paper presented at the CEFRS/USAID 4 th Annual conference, Cairo. Ghoneim, Ahmed, Peter Holmes and Leonardo Iacovone (2005, forthcoming), TBTs and the EuroMed: An Empirical Analysis in Michael Gasiorek (ed.), Trade Integration and Southern Mediterranean. Ghoneim, Ahmed F., David Evans, Micahel Gasiorek, Peter Holmes, Sherman Robinson, Jim Rollo, Leo Iacovone, and Karen Jackson (2006), Assessing Regional Trade Agreements with Developing Countries: Shallow and Deep Integration, Trade, Productivity, and Economic Performance, DFID Project Number Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006, forthcoming), Study on Status of Competition in Egypt, Research project undertaken for IDRC. Project Coordinator Simon Evenett Promoting Competitive Markets in Developing Economies. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), The Potential Impacts of the Egyptian-US Free Trade Area on Egyptian Labor paper presented at the Public Administration Research and Consultation Center Conference entitled The Labor Relations in the Context of Economic and Political Transformations held at Cairo University, March, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Impact of European Neighbourhood Policy on South Mediterranean Countries, Background Chapter for the FEMISE Report on The New Neighbourhood Policy and the South Mediterranean Countries coordinated by Radwan, Samir and Jean Louis Reiffers, FEMISE. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), The Role of Research in Formulating Trade Policy in Egypt paper presented at the workshop on The Use of Research in Trade Policy co-organized by Latin American Trade Network (LATN) and IDRC, Buenos Aires, July 31 st and August 1 st, Published as LATIN/FLASCO Working Paper Series No. 80, September, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Regional Trade Agreements in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region: Are they are Converging or Diverging, LATN/FLASCO Working Paper Series No. 57, July, 2007 available at 20agreements%20in%20the%20MENA%20region.pdf Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Abdallah Khattab (2008), Corruption in the Egyptian Customs System, paper presented at the El-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Research Center conference, 27 February 2008, Cairo. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), " Investigating the Needs and Potential Effects of Some Aspects of Deep Integration in the EU-Egypt Association Agreement and Neighbourhood Policy", paper presented at the World Bank ABCDE Annual Conference, 9-11 June, 2008, Cape Town, South Africa. 9

10 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), "The Role of State in Competition and Consumer Protection", paper presented at the Partners for Development Conference, May, 2008, Cairo. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), "From EU Association Agreements to EU Neighbourhood Policy and Union for the Mediterranean: Does Egypt Need This Change in EU Regional Policy?", paper written for Center for European Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara and the Institute of International Affairs, Rome. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), "Report on Migration Policies in Egypt", submitted to IEMed, Barcelona. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), " Impact of Qualifying Industrial Zones on Egypt: A Critical Analysis", paper presented at the Virtual Institute UNCTAD meeting, Geneva, 4-7 May, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), " Evaluating the Institutional Framework Governing Migration in Egypt", paper presented at the Partners for Development Conference on Irregular Migration, Cairo, May, Books: Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), (ed.) From Doha to Cancun: The Formulation of the Arab Countries Negotiating Position, Proceedings of a Regional Expert Meeting held in Cairo, organized jointly by the Center Center of Economic and Financial Research, Cairo University and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Heba Nassar (2003) (eds.) Institutional and Policy Challenges Facing the Egyptian Economy, Cairo: Center of Economic and Financial Research, Cairo University (CEFRS). Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Democracy and Market Economy, Cairo: Center for International Private Enterprises (CIPE), Short Book in Arabic Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), On the Liberalization of Trade, Cairo: Center for International Private Enterprises (CIPE), Short Book in Arabic. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2007), Understanding what are Free Trade Areas with Application to Egypt, Cairo: Center for Future Studies, Short Book in Arabic. Book Reviews: Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2007) Book Review of Khalid Ikram, The Egyptian Economy, Performance, Policies, and Issues (London/New York: Routledge, 2006), in International Journal of Middle East Studies, Volume 39 - Issue Consultancy and Policy Oriented Commissioned Papers by International Organizations: Economic Commission of Africa (ECA), (2002) and (2007), Being a co-coordinator and a writer of the Governance report on Egypt which was part of the African Governance report published by ECA. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2003), Guide on Surveying The Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries, Geneva: WIPO, I participated as a consultant in 2002 for a working group of experts which helped in developing this Guide. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Trade in Services Database project undertaken for the World Bank Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and David Burrer (2004), Overview of Trade Facilitation in Egypt Report submitted to USAID, Cairo. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2004), The Prospects of Exports in Yemen study prepared for the UNDP. 10

11 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), UNIDO Policy Toolbox on Private Sector Development, Country Report: Egypt, study prepared for UNIDO head office in Austria. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Impact of the Multi-Fiber Agreement Removal on Egypt, Study undertaken for the World Bank. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), Special Focus: Recent Progress made by ESCWA member countries in promoting international trade as an engine for development: An Overview of the Trade Policy Developments in the ESCWA Region study undertaken for ESCWA head office in Lebanon. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), The Economic Performance of the Arabic Translation Industry in Egypt, Report submitted to the World Bank. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), The implications of WTO Accession on Yemen s Bilateral and Regional Trade, and Investment Agreements Study undertaken for GTZ/European Commission/ Ministry of Industry and Trade, Republic of Yemen. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Study on Intellectual Property and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Egypt, submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Prospects of Yemen joining the Gulf Cooperation Council Study undertaken for DFID and the Ministry of Planning, Yemen. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Raising the Capacity Building of Trade Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Jordan Study undertaken for UNDP. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2007), Europe-South Mediterranean Free Trade Area and Its Impact on the Pan Arab Free Trade Area Study undertaken for the League of Arab States. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2007), Building a database for trade in services: financial, telecommunications, and transport project undertaken for OECD. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2007), Report on British Gas Operations in Egypt with special emphasis on Edku site, a report submitted to British Gas. The report covered the economics of the natural gas in Egypt, its position in the region, and socio economic assessment of BG operations in Egypt. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), "Study on the Status of Four Services Sectors in Egypt: Telecommunications, Maritime, Postal, Distribution", undertaken for Development Solutions, China subcontracted by the European Commission. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), coauthoring and participating in training for a Manual on Rules of Origin and Customs under the Egyptian-EU Association Agreement, undertaken for the European Commission. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), Framework Document on Agricultural Trade in Arab Countries' Regional Trade Agreements. Study undertaken for the World Bank Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), Monitoring and Evaluation of the Impact of Trade Policy and Agreements on the Prospects for Achieving the MDGs in the Arab Region: The Case of Egypt, study undertaken for UNDP. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), Support for Higher Education in Egypt towards a Knowledge Economy based on Science and Technology in the Field of Social Science and specifically in International Economics, Study undertaken for Kobe University, Japan, JICA, and Cairo University. Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2009), "Regional Report on NTBs and SPS Measures facing Agricultural intra-arab Trade", based on National Reports from Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and Syria. Report submitted to World Bank Institute. 11

12 Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2009), "Different Means to Save the Egyptian Textiles and Clothing Industry from the Financial Crisis", position paper undertaken for the Ready Made Garments Exporting Council and the Industry Modernization Center. Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk (2009, forthcoming), "Labour Migration for Decent Work, Economic Growth and Development: The Case of Egypt", study undertaken for International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva. Short Articles, Op-eds, Lectures, and, Interviews in Newspapers: Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2000), The New Agriculture Negotiations under the WTO Auspices: Egypt Position and Its Negotiating Strategy, Siassa Dawlia, January 2000, Issue No. 139, pp (in Arabic). Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2002), SMEs as Copyright Owners and Copyright Users, WIPO Document No. WIPO/IP/MOW/02/13, First Presented as a Lecture in the WIPO Forum held in Moscow, May, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Regulation of E-Commerce in Egypt, World Bank/European Commission Newsletter on Programme on Private Participation in Mediterranean Infrastructure, Issue No. 20, October Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), The Failure of Cancun: Benefit or Loss for Egypt? Delivered at the Conference on: How Egyptian Entrepreneurs Can Deal with Global Economic Challenges organized by Young Egyptian Entrepreneurs in Cooperation with Friedrich Naumann Foundation, October, Delivered for a second time at the American University in Cairo in a seminar entitled Cancun, what After.. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003) Interview on Competition Law in Al-Ahram Newspaper 27/11/2003. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003) Is Cancun a Failure: An Arab Economist Perspective, lecture delivered at the ERF Annual Conference held in Marrakech, December, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Egypt and the Cancun Ministerial Meeting, in Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), (ed.) From Doha to Cancun: The Formulation of the Arab Countries Negotiating Position, Proceedings of a Regional Expert Meeting held in Cairo, organized jointly by the Center Center of Economic and Financial Research, Cairo University and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2003), Overview in Proceedings of Seminar on: Issues on Regionalism and Multilateralism: Options for Egypt, Cairo: Center of Economic and Financial Research, Cairo University (CEFRS). Ghoneim, Ahmed F. and Heba Nassar (2004), Economic Reform in Egypt: Adopting a Participatory Approach, paper presented at the Regional Workshop on Economic Reform in the MENA Region, Creating Linkages between Government, Academics, Civil Society and Policy Makers to meet the Challenges of Economic Reform. Organized jointly by Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies, May Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2005), The Nexus between Regional Trade Agreements and Conflicts Prevention in the Middle East: An Arab Point of View, Conflict in Focus, Issue No. 6, April 2005, Jordan: Regional Centre on Conflict Prevention. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Regional Trade Agreements in The Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region: Are they Converging or Diverging? short paper prepared for the first discussion meeting on global governance and regionalism organized by Latin American Trade Network, Buenos Aires, Argentina July 28-29,

13 Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), From EU Partnership to EU Neighbourhood: Does Egypt Need This Change in EU Regional Policy?, Paper presented at the seminar on From Partnership to Neighbourhood: A Better Path for the South Mediterranean Countries? organized jointly by the Center for European Studies, and Konrad Adenaur Foundation, 7 th of November, Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2006), Regional Trade Agreements in The Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region: Are they Converging or Diverging? Latin Nexos Edition No. 1 September/October. Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2007), Trade relations: Keeping a record of history, The Bridge, A Bi monthly review on European Integration, 2 nd Quarter, 2007, available at Bridge-mag.com/magazine/ Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2008), "The Limits of Trade Policy in Dealing with the Food Crisis", Al-Ahram Weekly Newspaper, October, 2008, Issue No Ghoneim, Ahmed F. (2009), "Role of Public Policies in Facing World Crisis: The Case of Trade Policy", Policy Brief No. 4, Social Contract Center, available at Ongoing Research and Consultancy Projects: Has been engaged in several research projects related to trade policy, competition, and intellectual property rights, neighbourhood policy of the European Union (mainly responsible for Egypt) financed by UNCTAD, IDRC, JICA, WIPO, World Bank, FEMISE, European Commission, COMESA, ESCWA, WTO, OECD, DFID, GTZ, League of Arab States and UNDP. Training Experience: Acted as a trainer on Trade Policy Issues (international consultant) with World Bank, World Trade Organization, Arab Monetary Fund, Institute of International Law, CUTS, and Arab Planning Institute in a number of Arab and non Arab countries including Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and India. Honors and Scholarships: Member of the Steering Committee of FEMISE Research Network as a representative of Cairo University - Coordinator of UNCTAD Virtual Institute as a representative of Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University - Member of the Foreign Trade Committee at the Federation of the Egyptian Industries - Acting as a referee for The Journal of Common Market Studies Member of the Steering Committee of FEMISE Research Network as a representative of Cairo University - Coordinator of UNCTAD Virtual Institute as a representative of Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University - Member of the Foreign Trade Committee at the Federation of the Egyptian Industries - Acting as a referee for The Journal of International Trade and Diplomacy Member of the Steering Committee of FEMISE Research Network as a representative of Cairo University - Coordinator of UNCTAD Virtual Institute as a representative of Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University 13

14 - Member of the Foreign Trade Committee at the Federation of the Egyptian Industries Member of the Foreign Trade Committee at the Federation of the Egyptian Industries - Acting as a referee for the ERF s Seventh Regional Research Competition - Acting as a referee for the Mediterranean Politics - Acting as a reviewer for International Journal of Middle East Studies for a book published by Routledge Member of the Foreign Trade Committee at the Federation of the Egyptian Industries - Acting as a referee for ERF Annual Conference Acting as a referee for the Journal of Development and Economic Policies published by the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait - Acting as a referee for the Journal of Economic Integration published by the Center for International Economics, Sejong Institution, South Korea - Chosen to be among the Scientific Committee for the FEMISE Research Projects 17/6/ /6/2002 European Union Visitors Program hosted and financed by the European Commission. 17/1/2002- Research Associate at the Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey 01/01/ /12/2002 Member of the Economic Committee of the Giza Governorate, National Democratic Party. 3/7/ /7/2000 Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute sponsoring tuition fees, accommodation and transport for attending a Summer School for Ph.D. Students in Florence, Italy entitled, The Mediterranean in the 21 st Century: Enduring Differences and Prospects for Co-operation. 26/10/ /10/1999 Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF) sponsoring tuition fees for attending a course on the Macroeconomic Management: Financial Sector Issues held jointly by the World Bank and the ERF in Cairo. 29/07/ /08/1998 Economic Development Institute of the World Bank sponsoring tuition fees, accommodation and transport for attending a course on Globalization and New Trade Agenda in World Bank, Washington DC. 09/02/ /02/1998 Economic Development Institute of the World Bank sponsoring tuition fees, accommodation and transport for attending a course on New Skills in Economic Growth in World Bank, Washington DC. 1/4/ /1/2001 Scholarship granted from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to pursue Ph.D. in a German University. 14

15 01/09/ /12/1994 Scholarship granted by the Dutch government to complete my MA degree in the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. 03/07/ /07/1995 Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey sponsoring my attendance of a Workshop on The Use of Microdata Sets in Labor Economics, Cairo, Egypt. 12/06/ /07/1993 United States Information Agency (USIA) sponsoring a training program: Training for Young African Leaders on Entrepreneurship for six weeks in eight states of the U.S. 15