Tarik Yousef

Dr. Tarik Yousef is the Associate Professor of Economics in the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Sheikh Al-Sabah Chair of Arab Studies at the [http://ccas.georgetown.edu/ Center for Contemporary Arab Studies] , both at Georgetown University [ [http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/youseft/ Georgetown University: Tarik Yousef] ] . He is on leave at the Dubai School of Government (2007-2008) as its founding dean [ [http://www.dsg.ae/en/static/tarik.yousef.aspx Dubai School of Government: Tarik Yousef] ] . Dr. Yousef is a Senior Nonresident Fellow at the [http://www.brookings.edu/wolfensohn.aspx Wolfensohn Center for Development] at the Brookings Institution [ [http://www.brookings.edu/experts/youseft.aspx Brookings Institution: Tarik Yousef] ] and at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government [ [http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/894/tarik_yousef.html Belfer Center: Tarik Yousef] ] . He has worked in the past at the Middle East Department of the International Monetary Fund, as a Senior Advisor at the Millennium Project with the United Nations, and at the Office of the Chief Economist in Middle East and North Africa Region at the World Bank.

Dr. Yousef received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and his B.S. from the University of Oregon in Economics. His current research focuses on global economics and development, [ [http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/01globaleconomics_desai.aspx “The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains: A Test of a Structural Model” Global Working Paper No. 4 (January 2007] ] the political economy of labor reform, dynamics of labor markets, development policies in oil-exporting countries, and on the economy of Egypt and the Middle East [ [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0626_middle_east_economics_dhillon.aspx “Middle East’s Economic Paradox: Lost in the Wash?” The Brookings Institution (June 2008)] ] .

Bibliography

* [http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Arab%20World%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007]
* [http://www.shababinclusion.org/content/document/detail/623/ Navtej Dhillon & Tarek Yousef, “Inclusion: Meeting the 100 Million Youth Challenge,” Middle East Youth Initiative, 2007]

See Also

*Middle East Youth Initiative

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