Sinan Al-Shibibi

Dr. Sinan Al-Shabibi ( _ar. سينان الشبيبي) is the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq.

Academic Qualifications

He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Baghdad University (1966), a Diploma in Advanced Studies in Economic Development and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Manchester (1970, 1971), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bristol (1975).

Career

From December 1980 to October 2001, Sinan worked as a senior Economist in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). From April 1977 to December 1980, Al-Shabibi worked as the chief of plan Preparation and Co-ordination Division at the Iraqi Ministry of Planning. From May 1975 to March 1977, he worked as the Head of Importation and Marketing Section at the Iraqi ministry of oil.

Publications

* "Globalisation of Finance: Implications for macroeconomic policies and debt management", March 2001, Paper presented to a conference on "Globalization and the Gulf organized by the institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, England, 2-4 July 2001.
* "Prospects for the Iraqi Economy: Facing the new reality". Paper presented to a conference on "The Future of Iraq", organized by the Middle East Institute, Washington. The paper was published in a book with the same title in November 1997 and reprinted in the UNCTAD secretariat. It deals with the effect of sanctions, debt, and war reparations on the future prospects of the Iraqi economy.
* "The Arab share in OPEC Aid: Some related facts" in Arabic, in Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi, Centre of Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, September 1988.
* "OPEC Aid, Issues and Performance" in the OPEC review, Vienna, spring 1987.

External links

* [http://cbiraq.org/cbs.htm Sinan Al-Shabibi on the Iraqi Central Bank Website]