Sherine H. Al-Shawarby

7225 Street 81

Mokatam,Cairo

Egypt

Tel: (+202) 26674470/ (+2010)175 40 71

E-mail: sherine.alshawarby@feps.edu.eg,

sherinealshawarby@gmail.com

 

Date and Place of Birth

: 16/ 9 / 1961,Cairo, Egypt

 

Languages:

               Fluent in English and French (Written and spoken)

Mother Tongue: Arabic

Professional Positions:

  • Director of Economic Research, EgyPols- Polls and Policies for Egypt, September 2015- Present.
  • Vice Dean for the community affairs and environmental development, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, August 2015- January 2018
  • Deputy Minister for Economic Justice- Ministry of Finance, November 2013- September 2014
  • Program Director, Egypt Network for Integrated Development, August 2013- November 2014
  • Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 2007-.
  • Senior Economist, the World Bank, 2004- mid July2013

 

Other Positions:

  • Member in Cairo University’s Council of the  community affairs and environmental development sector, February 2018-
  • Board Member in the National Planning Institute- December 2013-
  • Member in the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian House of Zakat and Sadakat, November 2014-.
  • Member in the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Center for Global Governance and Development
  • Member in the Editorial Board of the Egyptian Journal for Development and Planning – Institute of National of Planning.
  • Board Member in "Tahseen El-Seha" Association- Heliopolis.

 

 

Academic Record

Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University 

July 1997             Ph.D. Economics

Grade:                  Excellent with Honors

Thesis:                    The Macroeconomic Effects of the Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment in Egypt: A Macroeconometric Model.

 

April 1990           M.S. Economics

Grade:                  Excellent

Thesis:                 The Impact of the Egyptian Pound Devaluation on the Current     Activity of the Industrial Sector during the Period (1981/82-    1986/87).

 

June 1983            B.Sc. Economics

Grade:             Excellent with Honors

 

Cairo University

1983 -present:Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Job Description:

2007                             Associate Professor

1997–2006                   Assistant Professor

1990-1997                    Assistant Lecturer

1983-1990                    Demonstrator

 

The World Bank

2001- present:

Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM), Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA)

Job Description:

2011                            Senior Country Economist for Djibouti

2004-2010                   Senior Country Economist for Egypt

2001- 2003              Economist

 

 

Publications:

2018                            The Tamween Food Subsidy System in Egypt: Evolution and Recent Implemetnation Reforms, co-authored with Moustafa Abdalla, in Alderman, Harold; Gentilini, Ugo; Yemtsov, Ruslan. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question : Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers?. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27907 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

2018                            "Economic Reform Programs: What Do They Miss to Make the Economic Transformation in Egypt” the

Annual report of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

, Al-Ahram Print house. (Arabic).

2018                            “Monetary Policy in Egypt: What Was Done in The Period (2014-2017) and The Most Important Results”, Al-Ahram Print house. (Arabic).

 

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2000

Should we Tax the Rich More

”, Arabic translated version of the Munk Debate on the Economic Inequality between Paul Krugman and George Papandreou, and Newt Gingrich and Arthur Laffer,  Cairo Center for Development Benchmarking (Arabic).

 

Inclusive Growth and Forward Looking Macroeconomic policies.

Egyptian Review of Development and Planning

, Vol. 25, No. 1, June. Institute of National Panning.

 

The Value of the Egyptian Pound: Is It Time to Learn the Lesson”, the

Annual report of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

, Al-Ahram Print house. (Arabic). 2017.

 

Paolo Verme, Branko Milanovic, Sherine Al-Shawarby, Sahar El Tawila, May Gadallah, and Enas Ali A. El-Majeed,

Inside Inequality in the Arab Republic of Egypt: Facts and Perceptions across People, Time, and Space

, The World Bank, Washington DC.

 

S. Al-Shawarby and Hoda  Selim, International Food Price Pass-Through in Egypt, Springer Book,

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper

, and http://www.cremed.eu/images/2012workshop/papers/hoda%20selim.pdf.

 

C. E. Velez, H. El-Laithy, and S. Al-Shawarby, Equality of Opportunity for Children in Egypt, 2000-2009:

Achievements and Challenges.

ERF working paper series and World Bank Policy Research Working Paper

.

 

Inequality Measurement in Egypt:  Historical Review.

Research Papers Series,

No. 33, December, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.

 

“Marotta, Daniela; Ruslan Yemtsov, Heba El-Laithy, Hala Abou-Ali and Sherine Al-Shawarby, Was growth in Egypt between 2005 and 2008 pro-poor? From static to dynamic poverty profile.

Policy Research Working Paper

No. 5589, March. The World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3356.

 

Egypt’s Food Subsidies: Estimation of Leakages.

Research Papers Series

, No. 32, October, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.

 

“Measuring Inflation in Egypt: Assessment of the CPI Accuracy”

Working Paper Series

No. 132. Cairo, Egypt: The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES).

 

“Privatization and redundant Labor: Assessment of the World Bank’s Role” (in Arabic) in the Proceedings of the Conference on “

Privatization and Employee’s Rights

”; Organized by the Center of  Public Administration Studies and Consultation; Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.

 

“Toward a More Competitive Investment Climate in Egypt” with Farrukh Iqbal, in the Proceedings of the Conference on “

Revisiting Egypt’s Competitiveness: The Road Ahead for Building Leading Sector

”. Organized by the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies [CEFERS], edited by Heba Nassar, Cairo.

 

“Fiscal and Public Debt Sustainability in Egypt” with Pedro Alba, and Farrukh Iqbal in “

Fiscal Sustainability in Emerging Markets: International Experience and Implications for Egypt

”. ECES. Cairo

 

Sameh El-Saharty, Gail Richardson and Susan Chase, Egypt and   the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities,

HNP discussion paper 31705

, World Bank, February

 

“Trade and Foreign Exchange in Egypt: A Policy Perspective”, with Hanaa Kheir El Din, in the Proceedings of the Conference on "

Institutional and Policy Challenges Facing the Egyptian Economy

"; Organized by the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies [CEFRS], edited by Heba Nassar and Ahmed Ghoneim.

 

“Forecasting the Impact of the Egyptian Exchange Rate on Exports”, Prepared for the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade, Submitted to USAID, Economic Growth/Sector Policy, Cairo Egypt; presented in the Conference of Center of Economics and Financial Research and Studies “

Egyptian Exports and 21st Century’s Challenges

”, and published in a CEFRS publication in 2000.

 

 “The Impact of EU-Partnership Agreement on the Egyptian Economy: using A CGE Model”, (in Arabic) with Hanaa Kheir El-Din, Tarek Moursi and Lobna Abdel Latif, ,

Economic Working Papers

, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University.

 

Unpublished Papers

2015

 

Practical Policy Reform of Fuel Subsidies in Egypt- A Developmental Perspective (in Arabic).

2009

 

 

 

2007

 

 

2005

 

 

2004

The Impact of the Global Crisis on GDP and Employment in Egypt, a background paper for the 2009 World Bank Report “Egypt and the Global Economic Crisis: A preliminary Assessment of Macroeconomic Response”.

 

“Analysis of the Potential Impacts of Financing Flows on Unemployment and Poverty”, a background paper for the 2007 World Bank Report “Poverty Assessment Update”

 

“Public Spending on Education in Egypt: Does it Help Poor?”, a background paper for the 2004 World Bank Report “A Poverty Reduction Strategy in Egypt”.

 

The Role of the State in Promoting Exports: The case of Egypt”. Presented in CEFRS Conference “The Role of the State in a Changing World”.

 

National and International Reports

 

2018             “APRM Country Review Report- Egypt”, African Peer Review Mechanism. Work in progress

2018             Measuring Arab Women Economic Empowerment », the General Arab Women Federation, Forthcoming.

2012             Un nouveau modèle de croissance pour Djibouti. The World Bank, 2013.

 

2012             Évaluation des Dommages, Pertes et Besoins suite à la sécheresse en République de Djibouti, Octobre 2011,  Préparé par le gouvernement de la République de Djibouti avec l’appui de la Banque Mondiale, du système des Nations Unies et de l’Union Européenne. The World Bank, 2012.

2012             Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography: Domestic Integration as a Development Platform”. The World Bank.

2011             Poverty in Egypt 2008-09: Withstanding the Global Economic Crisis. The World Bank.

2010             “Egypt’s Food Subsidies: Benefit Incidence and Leakages”. The World Bank.

2009             Egypt and the Global Economic Crisis: A preliminary Assessment of Macroeconomic Impact and response”. In two volumes. World  Bank.

2009             “Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Social Mobility in Egypt between 2005 and 2008”. Report No. 48093 – EGT, World Bank.

2008             “Transforming Egypt: A Development Policy Review”. World Bank. Unpublished.

2007                “Poverty Assessment Update”, World Bank.

2005             “Egypt- Toward a More Effective Social Policy: Subsidies and Social Safety Net”, Report No. 33550-EG, World Bank.

2005             “EgyptHuman Development Report of 2005: Choosing our Future: Towards a New Social Contract”, UNDP and the Ministry of Planning

2004             “A Poverty Reduction Strategy for Egypt” World Bank.

2002             “Poverty Reduction in Egypt: Diagnostics and Strategy” World Bank and Ministry of Planning.

2001             “EgyptHuman Development Report of 2000/01”, UNDP and  the Ministry of Planning.

 

Courses Taught Include:

Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Economic Planning, National Accounts, Mathematical Economics, Econometrics 1, Econometrics 2, Selected Topics: Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Growth (graduate course), Law and Economics, Microeconomics (graduate course), Quantitative Analysis (graduate course), Selected Topics: Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Growth (graduate course).

 

 


Consulting:

  • The Ministry of Economic Development, Egypt (until before 2011)
  • The Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reforms (MPMAR), Egypt (after 2014)
  • The Ministry of Foreign Trade
  • The Ministry of Planning
  • The Ministry of Social Solidarity
  • The Ministry of Trade and Industry
  • The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). 
  • The World Bank
  • The World Food Program
  • The Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC)
  • USAID in Egypt

 

Projects and Operations:

 

2018             Food Subsidy Reform in Algeria, as part of a comprehensive subsidy reform technical assistance project with the World Bank (work in progress).

 2018            Development of a National Social Protection Strategy for Egypt, with the Ministry of Social Solidarity and UNICEF  (work in progress).

2018             Female Participation in the Labor Market, Under the USAID-funded WISE, Subcontract with ENCC.

2018             "Strengthening the Enabling Business Environment to Enhance the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Businesses (SMEs) through Evidence-based Policy Advocacy: SMEs Tax Policies"  is funded by USAID’s-SEED project (Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development) in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), Subcontract ENCC.

2018             Egypt APRM Country Review Report, The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), CEFRS, Faculty of Economics and Political Science.

2015             Development of macroeconomic framework for Egypt’s vision 2030- Funded by OUDA for the MOP. (in progress).

2014             Deltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migrationand Adaptation (DECCMA)- Funded by CARIAA (incomplete).

2013-2014    Development of a poverty targeting mechanism for the new cash transfer programs in Egypt.

2013-2014    Modernization of the informal sector in Egypt: elements of a new strategy- Draft (in progress)

2012             Statistical capacity building of the national statistical agency in Djibouti.

2012             Development of a vision for 2035 for Djibouti.

2010             Statistical capacity building of CAPMAS

2010                Third Financial Development Policy Loan, to the GoE.

2009             Affordable Mortgage Finance Program Development Policy Loan, to the GoE.

2004- 09       “Public Expenditure Review in Egypt”, a programmatic project that produced 14 policy notes and reports.

2005- 10       Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative, supported jointly by the OECD and UNDP.

2003             “Policy-Based Loan II” operation, was prepared but not implemented.

2002             “Policy-Based Loan I” operation, was prepared but not  implemented.

2001             “Assessment of the impact of 9/11 events on the Egyptian economy”, A World Bank  Mission in October 2001.

 

Training Activities:

a) Prepared and Presented

 

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How to Read the Fiscal Budget? Egyptian Parliament.

 

Macroeconomic analysis: theory and daily practice. Skills Development Unit- Faculty of Economics and Political Science.

The 12th Annual Symposium of the Economic Journalism. ECES.

 

Training session for journalists, the Press Syndicate

 

The 11thAnnual Symposium of the Economic Journalism. ECES.

 

The 10th Annual Symposium of the Economic Journalism. ECES.

 

The 9th Annual Symposium of the Economic Journalism. ECES

 

Advanced Topics in Econometrics Using E-views, Development Economic Policy Reform Analysis (DEPRA) Project, and Ministry of Economy

 

Econometrics Using E-views, CEFRS, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.

 

b) Received

2011                Economy Wide Shocks and Welfare: who is affected by Food Price Spikes, Recessions and Climate change?. April. The World Bank. Washington, DC.

2011                 Equity: Do we understand it well enough to act upon it? Diagnostics and policy making. April. The World Bank. Washington, DC.

2010                 Mastering presentation skills. May. The World Bank. Washington, DC.

2009                 Public Expenditure tracking surveys ( PETS). May.The World Bank. Washington, DC.

2009                 Assessing the poverty and distributional impacts of macroeconomic shocks: A micro-simulation approach. December. The World Bank. Washington, DC.

2008                 Workshop on Food Price Increase and Policy option. April

2008                 Fiscal Sustainability: Analysis and tools. April. The World Bank. Washington, DC.

2006                Analyzing the distributional impacts of Labor market reforms. May. The World Bank. Washington, DC.

 


Conferences and Workshops

 

2018                 The Economic Research Forum's (ERF) 24th Annual Conference, August 9-10, 2018. Panelist Speaker.

2018                 HLPD-2018 - organized by ECA & INP (10-12 July 2018), INP, Egypt. Speaker.

2014

         

Monetary and Fiscal Institutions in Resource-rich Arab Economies, ERF Workshop, October 25-26, Cairo, Egypt. Discussant.

2014                Seventeenth World Congress, International Economic Association, June 6th-10th, Dead Sea, Jordan. Speaker.

2014                South-South Learning Forum Designing Social Protection and Labor Systems, March 17-21, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2014                Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa: Improving Retirement Income Protection Programs, February 2-6. Kuwait. Discussant.

2012                Human Development Challenges and Social Safety Net in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.  A World Bank joint workshop with the Ministry of international Cooperation and the Institute of national planning. Forthcoming December 9-10.

2012                The Fourth Euro-African Conference in Finance and Economics, Cairo, Egypt. Paper: International Food Price Pass-Through in Egypt.May.

2012                III Workshop on Economics of the Mediterranean, Barcelona – Spain. Paper: International Food Price Pass-Through in Egypt.June.

2012                ERF 18th Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt. Paper: International Food Price Pass-Through in Egypt.March.

2012                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. May 2-3.

2011                The National Dialogue- “Al HewarAlwatany”,  Cairo, Egypt.

2011                A vision for Egypt’s Economic and Social Future. Egyptian Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria, May.

2011                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. May 1-2.

2010                Workshop on “Measurements of Inequality of Opportunities and inequality of Outcomes”, ERF.  Cairo, Egypt. June 20-23.

2010                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 26-27.

2009                Centre d'EtudesenMacroéconomieet Finance Internationale (CEMAFI):Workdshop on Multidimensional Poverty and Pro-Poor Growth in the MENA Coutnries, Nice, France. Paper: Was growth in Egypt between 2005 and 2008 pro-poor? From static to dynamic poverty profile. June.

2009                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 28-29.

2008                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 15-16

2007                ECES Conference “What drives prices in Egypt”, Cario, Egypt. Paper: Measuring Inflation in Egypt: Assessment of the CPI Accuracy, November.

2006                Analysis of the Potential Impacts of Financing Flows on Unemployment and Poverty” a paper presented in a Conference held by the Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFRS) and the European Investment Bank- Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership.

2006                Conference of the Center of  Public Administration Studies and Consultation; Faculty of Economics and Political Science, “Privatization and Employee’s Rights”, Cairo, Egypt. Paper: Privatization and redundant Labor: Assessment of the World Bank’s Role” (in Arabic).

2006                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 25-26.

2005                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 17-18.

2005                    “The Egyptian ٍSubsidy Scheme: Evolution, Operation and the Road Ahead” a paper presented in the USAID-Egypt and Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFRS). Conference on “Meeting the Challenges of Economic Reforms in Egypt

2004                Roundtable : The World Bank Group and its Development Operation Tools Development Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa Region and in Egypt : Which role for Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies and for the Private Sector? Cairo, Egypt. December.  Center for Economic & Financial Research & Studies, Office of Vice Dean for Community Affairs and Environmental Development and the World Bank

2004                The Role of the State in Promoting Exports: The case of Egypt”. Presented in CEFRS Conference “The Role of the State”.

2004                PREM Conference “Fiscal Sustainability and Public Expenditures in Egypt". Cairo, Egypt. Paper: Fiscal and Public Debt Sustainability in Egypt. October.

2003                ECES  Conference,  The World Bank. Washington

2003                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 14-15.

2002                PREM Conference. The World Bank. Washington. April 18-19