Expertise
Development economics and economic history; labor markets and policy reform in the Middle East
Background
Current Positions
Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service, and Sheikh Al-Sabah Chair in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University; Chief Executive, Silatech.
Past Positions
Dean, Dubai School of Government, Georgetown University; Nonresident Senior Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, The Millennium Project, The United Nations Development Program; Visiting Professor, Office of the Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, The World Bank; Economist, Middle Eastern and African Departments, International Monetary Fund
Education
PhD. Harvard University, 1997; B.S. University of Oregon, 1989