Sahar Taghdisi-Rad Author & Editor

Mahmoud A.T. Elkhafif is currently UNCTAD's Coordinator of Assistance to the Palestinian People. He has research interests in development economics and economic modelling and forecasting, and has published a book on the Egyptian economy, chapters in two books and several papers in internationally refereed journals. He holds a PhD and an MA in Economics and an MSc in Agricultural Economics.

Sahar Taghdisi-Rad is a former Eonomist at UNCTAD. She is currently a Research Economist at the Centre for Development Policy Research, SOAS, and the School of Governance and International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She is the author of The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine: Relief from Conflict or Dvelopment Dlayed? (2011), Routledge.

Mutasim Elagraa is a First Econominc Affairs Officer at UNCTAD. He holds an MA and a PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His areas of specialization are international economics and development economics. Before joining UNCTAD, he worked for Daewoo International Corporation and various private sector corporations.