CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Position: Hanaa Kheir-El-Din Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Profession: Economist. Nationality: Egyptian. Education: B. Com. (Economics) with Highest Honors, Cairo University, June 1961. Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., September 1967. Title of Dissertation: "A Quadratic Programming Approach to the Problem of Optimal Pricing and Use of Cotton in Egypt". Languages: Fluent in Arabic (mother tongue), English, French EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Jan.2006- May 2010: Executive Director and Director of Research, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies. Jul.1990- Jul.1996: Chairperson of the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Oct.1985-Jul.1990: Director of the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Dec.1978 - Present: Professor of Economics (Econometrics, Economic Theory, International Economics), Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Sep.1972-Jun.1978: Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Kuwait University, State of Kuwait. Dec.1967-Sep.1972: Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Sep.1963-Dec.1967: Assistant Lecturer, Cairo University. Awarded an Egyptian Government Scholarship to pursue doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Aug.1961-Sep.1963: Research Assistant at the Institute of National Planning, Cairo. 1
OTHER ACTIVITIES August 2005-2008: Board Member of the Egyptian Competition Authority July 2005- July 2008: Member of EGDI Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sweden July 2001- June 2007: Member of the Shura Council, Egypt. Oct. 2000-present: Chairperson of the International Economy Subcommittee, Scientific Research Academy, Egypt. Feb.1998-Sept. 2001: Chairperson - Permanent Committee for Promoting Professors and Associate Professors, (Economics and Public Finance) Supreme Council of Universities. May 1997- Dec.1998: Director of Research, Economic Policy Initiative Consortium (EPIC). 1996-2006: Elected member of Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum 1996-2004: Member of the Board of the Capital Market Authority, Cairo, Egypt. 1996-2000: Member of the Executive Committee of the Social Fund for Development 1995 2009: Member of the Economics Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture. May1994-May1998: Member of the Board of the United Nations University-Tokyo- Japan. Jan.1994-Jan.1996: Oct.1992-present: Economic Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade. Member of the Specialized National Councils-Council for Production and Economic Affairs, Presidency, Egypt. 1988 - Present: Member of the Economic Committee of the Scientific Research Academy, Cairo. 1986-1993: Economic Advisor to the Minister of Economic Cooperation. 1986-1990: Consultant, Misr Iran Bank for Development. 1985-1995: Economic Advisor at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). 1981-1985: Economic Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade. 2
1978-1980: Economic Advisor, Economic Studies Unit at the Ministry of Economy, Cairo. 1977-1978: Consultant, appraising investment in the construction activity, Ministry of Planning, Kuwait. Member of the Committee for Appraising Graduate Studies, in preparation for the establishment of a graduate school, Kuwait University. 1974-1975: Economic Advisor, Arab Corporation for Investment Guarantee, Kuwait. 1970-1972: Expert, Central Agency for Price Planning, Cairo. 1968-1969: Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Treasury. 1961-1962: Completed First Training Program at the Institute of National Planning, Cairo (INPC) with highest distinction. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OF PROF. HANAA KHEIR-EL-DIN SINCE 1990 A. Books 1. Inflation Mechanisms in the Egyptian Economy, editor and contributor, Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, 1992. 2. Economic Reform and its Distributive Impact, editors and contributors Gouda Abdel-Khalek and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, Dar El-Mostaqbal El-Arabi,1994. 3. Regional Economic Cooperation in the Middle East: Prospects and Challenges, editor Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, Dar El-Mostaqbal El-Arabi, 1995. 4. Implications of the Uruguay Round on the Arab Countries, editor and contributor Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, Dar El-Mostaqbal El-Arabi,1997. 5. Trade Policy Developments in the Middle East and North Africa, editors and contributors Bernard Hoekman and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, World Bank Institute / Economic Research Forum, 2000. 6. Competitiveness in the MENA Region, editors and contributors Subidey Togan and Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, ERF, 2003. 7. The Egyptian Economy: Current Challenges and Future Prospects, editor and contributor, Hanaa Kheir El-Din, 2008. 3
8. What Drives Prices in Egypt? editor and contributor, Hanaa Kheir El-Din, 2008 forthcoming. B. Selected Articles 1. Les Pressions Inflationnistes sur l'economie Egyptienne : Sources et Conséquences, 1974-1987. Revue Tiers Monde, Vol.31, No.121, Janvier-Mars 1990. 2. Egypt's Foreign Trade Policy (1986-1991): Description and Assessment, with A. El-Dersh, a paper presented at the Seminar on Foreign and Intra-Trade Policies of Arab Countries, organized by the Arab Monetary Fund and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Abu-Dhabi, 27-29 January 1992, published in a book with the same title, edited by S.El-Naggar, IMF, 1992. 3. Structural Elements in the Inflationary Process in Egypt, 1974-1987/88(in Arabic), a paper presented at the Conference on Inflation Mechanisms in Egypt, 3-5 March, 1990, organized by CEFRS, Cairo University and published in the proceedings of the conference Inflation Mechanisms in Egypt, edited by H.Kheir-El-Din, 1992. 4. Assessment of Poverty in Egypt Using Household Data, with Heba El-Laithy, presented at the Conference of the Economics Department on the Economic Reform and its Distributive Impact, 21-23 November 1992, published in the proceedings of the conference, same title, 1994. 5. A Vision for Egypt in the Year 2012, with Heba Handoussa paper presented at the Workshop on Strategic Visions for the Middle East and North Africa Gammarth, Tunisia, 9-11 June 1995 and published in Economic Challenges facing Middle Eastern and North African Countries, edited by Nemat Shafik, Macmillan Press, 1998, pp. 53-77 6. Macroecomomic and Sectoral Effects of Trade Policies in Egypt, General Equilibrium Approach, with Tarek Moursy and Nihal El-Megharbel-paper presented at the Conference on Implications of UR for the Arab Countries, Cairo University, 13-15 January 1996. 7. Potential Impact of Free Trade Agreement with the EU on Egyptian Textile Industry, with Hoda El-Sayed, published in Regional Partners in Global Markets: Limits and possibilities of the Euro-Med Agreements edited by A. Galal and B. Hoekman, ECES and CEPR, 1997. 8. Enforcement of Product Standards as Barriers to trade: The Case of Egypt, chapter 9, Trade Policy Developments in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. by Bernard Hoekman & Hanaa Kheir-El-Din, WBI/ERF, 2000, pp.213-228. 4
9. Egypt s Exports under Liberalization: Performance, Prospects and Constraints (1980-1998), Topic 1 in Egyptian Exports and Challenges of the 21st Century, edited by H. Nassar and A. Aziz, April 2000, pp.3-32. 10. Implementing the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, Chapter 21 in Development, Trade and the WTO, a Handbook, edited by Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo and Philip English, Worldbank, 2002. 11. Sources of Economic Growth and Technical Progress in Egypt: An Aggregate Perspective, with Tarek Abdelfattah Moursi published in Explaining Growth in the Middle East, Chapter 7, ed. by J. Nugent and H. Pesaran, El-Sevier, contributions to economic analysis, 2007. 12. Inflation and Growth in Egypt: Is There a Threshold Effect? with Hala Abou-Ali, Middle East Development Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 59-78, 2009. C. Selected Memos, Seminar Papers and Studies 1. Arab Republic of Egypt: Cotton and Textile Sector Study. with others, Document of the World Bank, Report No.9381-EGT, November 20, 1991. 2. The 1986/87 Input-Output Table for Egypt, with others, CAPMAS, 1991. 3. The 1986/87 Social Accounting Matrix for Egypt, with others, CAPMAS, 1992. 4. The 1989/90 Input- Output Table for Egypt, with others, CAPMAS, 1994. 5. The 1989/90 Social Accounting Matrix for Egypt, with others, CAPMAS, 1995. 6. The Social Fund for Development: Assessment of Performance and Impact, a background paper written for Egypt s Human Development Report, 1996, UNDP and INP Cairo. 7. Social Fund: Employment and Gender Dimensions, A Case Study for Egypt, a study for ILO, Development Policies Department, September 1997. 8. The Role of the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs, a background paper written for Egypt s Human Development Report, 1997/1998, UNDP and INP Cairo. 9. Enhancing Egypt s Exports a study for the Ministry of Trade and Supply, financed by USAID under Contract # 236-C-00-96-00001-00 June 1998, chapter 2, the Current Tariff Regime and Proposals for Reform (pp. 3-24); an abridged 5
version of the whole study has been published in Catching up with the Competition, edited by B. Hoekman and J. Zarrouk, the University of Michigan Press, 2000. 10. Textiles and Clothing in the Mediterranean Region: Opportunities and Challenges of Returning Textiles and Clothing to GATT Disciplines, with M.M. Abdel-Fattah, paper presented at ERF workshop, WTO 2000, July 1999/ERF Working paper, 2000. 11. The Egyptian-Turkish Free Trade Area Agreement: What are the Expected Benefits? with Samiha Fawzy and Laila El-Khawaga, Working Paper No. 39, ECES, December 1999. 12. Marginal Effective Tax Rates and Investment Decisions in Egypt, with Samiha Fawzy and Amal Refaat, Working Paper No. 45, ECES, November 2000. 13. Globalization, Growth and Human Development in Egypt, with Heba El- Leithy, a background paper written for Egypt s Human Development Report, 2000/2001, UNDP and INP, Cairo. 14. Assessment of Macro and Sectoral Effects of the Egypt-EU Partnership Agreement, with Tarek Moursi and others, a report prepared for the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, and financed by UNDP, May 2001; published under the title: Potential Impacts of the Partnership Agreement between Egypt and the European Union on the Egyptian Economy, Economic Research Monograph no (4), Economics Department, FEPS, Cairo University, October 2001. 15. Economic Diversification in Egypt, paper prepared for the Expert Group Meeting, Economic and Social Commission for West Asia, UN/ESCWA, September 2001 and published under the title Economic Diversification: the case of Egypt, 1969/1970-1999/2000, Economic Research Monograph no (3), Economics Department, FEPS, Cairo University, August 2001. 16. Computing Monthly Real GDP for Egypt from Annual Series: A Cursory Note, with Tarek Moursi and Mai El- Mossallamy, Economic Research Monograph no (5), Economics Department, FEPS, Cairo University, July 2002. 17. Egypt: Country Gender Assessment, National Council for Women and World Bank, 2003. 18. A Strategy for Poverty Reduction in Egypt, Document of the World Bank, Report No.27954-EGT, September 25, 2004. 19. Egypt: Country Profile, the Road Ahead for Egypt, coordinator and contributor (Trade Chapter), FEMISE / ERF December 2004. 6
20. Productivity Performance in 17 Developing Countries: the Case of Egypt- UNIDO, 2005. 21. 10 Years After Barcelona Declaration: Impact on Regional Integration among South Mediterranean Countries and with the European Union, with A.F. Ghoneim 2005, 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. 22. 10 Years After Barcelona Declaration: Impact on Regional Integration among South Mediterranean Countries and with the European Union on Egypt, with A.F. Ghoneim 2005, paper presented at the CEFRS/USAID 4 th Annual conference, Cairo. 23. Arab Trade Integration in Retrospect: Comparison with the European Union Experience and Lessons Learnt, with A.F. Ghoneim 2005, paper presented at the Center of European Studies conference financed by FEMISE and Konrad Adenaur Foundation. 24. Impact of Liberalization of Trade in Services: Banking, Telecommunications and Maritime Transport in Egypt, with A.F. Ghoneim, and H. Sakr (2005, forthcoming), 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. 25. The Economic and Regulatory Policy Implications of Overlapping Preferential Trade Agreements in the Arab Countries: The Case of Egypt, with A.F. Ghoneim (2005), 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. 26. Issues Paper on Implications of Overlapping Regional Trade Agreements in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia (2005), Financed by IDRC/ERF. 27. Egypt s Privatization Program, with Amal Refaat (2006), ECES Policy View Point no. 19. 28. Draft Law on Consumer Protection, with Amal Refaat and Yasser Selim (2006), ECES Draft Law Review no.1. 29. An Assessment of Growth, Distribution, and Poverty in Egypt: 1990/91 2004/05, with Heba El-Laithy (2006), ECES Working Paper no.115. 7
30. Draft Law on Real Estate Tax, with Nihal El-Megharbel (2007), ECES Draft Law Review no.2. 31. Regional Trade Agreements, ECES Policy Brief no.1. 32. Agricultural Productivity Growth, Employment and Poverty in Egypt, with Heba El-Laithy (2008), ECES Working Paper no.129. 33. The Impact of Phasing out subsidies of Petroleum Products in Egypt, with Soheir Abouleinein and Heba El-Laithy (2009), ECES Working Paper no.145. 34. Economic Efficiency of Crop Production in Egypt, with Hala Abou-Ali (2010), ECES Working Paper no.155. 35. Impact of the Global Food Price Stock on the Poor in Egypt, with Soheir Aboulenein, Heba El-Laithy, Omneia Helmy, and Dina Mandour (2010), ECES Working Paper no.157. 8