Bio
is a Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University and a Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum specialized in environmental and development economics with focus on the economic value and modelling of environmental resources in developing countries. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Gothenburg University, Sweden. Abou-Ali served as the Vice President of the Institute of National Planning, the Branch Campus President of the University of London hosted by the European Universities in Egypt (EUE) and as the Programme Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) at EUE. Abou-Ali also worked as the director of the French Section at FEPS, Cairo University. She worked as the Secretary General of the National Council of Childhood and Motherhood in 2015. Abou-Ali is a former Member of the Egyptian Parliament.
Abou-Ali joined the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in 2008 on a part time basis to take the lead on the work carried out on environmental economics in the MENA region. Starting January 2014, she led the Open Access Micro Data Initiative (OAMDI). She has published several articles in internationally refereed journals, book chapters and edited internationally published books. She has accumulated experience in the economic value and modelling of environmental resources in developing countries. She has also worked on issues such as climate change, climate finance, impact evaluation of investments, poverty assessment, education, health, and the Sustainable Development Goals for UNDP, UNFPA, WHO, and the World Bank.