Economic Advisor
Ministry of Finance, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Total years of experience :23 years, 2 Months
1. Preparing forecast reports on Saudi macroeconomic variables (Real GDP by activities and institutional sectors, Current account components, Oil price, Cost of living Index, and Fiscal indicators
2. Composing research reports on the real effects of fiscal policy on non-oil private sector in Saudi Arabia using Structural Vector Auto-regression (SVAR) methodology
3. Computing Saudi Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rate indices in line with the IMF methodology
4. Reviewing IMF ‘Working Papers’ on various macroeconomic issues of Saudi Arabia and GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries
5. Reviewing Saudi chapters of ‘Human Development Report’ (HDR)
6. Reviewing Business Monitor International (BMI)
7. Reviewing Global Competitiveness Report by ‘World Economic Forum’ (WEF)
8. Preparing the ‘Construction Index’ of Saudi Arabia
1. Conducted classroom instructions in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Business Mathematics, International Finance, International Financial Management, and Public Finance in the BBA program
2. Conducted classroom instructions in Strategic Management, International Business, Managerial Economics and Macroeconomics in the MBA program
3. Other responsibilities included preparing course syllabi, marking examination papers, advising students regarding courses to be taken, advising internship projects, conducting admission interviews of the prospective MBA students and job interviews of the potential candidates for the faculty positions.
Ph.D. thesis: ‘An Empirical Study on the Dynamic Behavior of Output, Prices, and Exchange Rates in New Zealand’ 1. New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE) Education Trust Award, 2005. 2. Lincoln University Doctoral Scholarship, 2003. Duration: January 2004— June 2006. 3. Swedish Travel Grant for Bangladeshi post graduate students, 2005.
Dissertation: 'An Empirical Study of the Real Exchange Rate Misalignment and its effects on the macroeconomic performance of Bangladesh'.