El-Haddad, Amirah

Prof. Dr. Amirah El-Haddad

Research programme
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function
Senior Researcher

Specialization
Economy

Work areas

Industrial Organization
Industrial Policy
Political Economy
Labor Market: Wage, Equality and Informality

Vita

since 1/2018	German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"
8/2016-12/2017	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Department "Nachhaltige Wirtschafts- und Sozialentwicklung"
since 2016	Cairo University, Economics Department Professor Faculty of Economics and Political Science
2/2015	Stanford University, USA Visiting Fellow
2010-2014	American University in Cairo, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Egypt Visiting Associate Professor School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
2014	American University in Cairo, Department of Economics, Egypt Visiting Associate Professor School of Business
2012	American University in Cairo, Department of Economics, Egypt Visiting Associate Professor School of Business
2011	Cairo University, Economics Department Associate Professor Faculty of Economics and Political Science
2011	Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA Visiting Scholar Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
2007	British University in Egypt, Economics Department, El-Sherouk, Egypt Dozent, Arbeitsgruppe Politikwissenschaft im Postgraduierten-Studiengang „Master of European Studies“, Veranstaltungen zum politischen System der EU
2005	Cairo University, Economics Department Assistant Professor Faculty of Economics and Political Science
6/2001-8/2001	World Bank Consultant
1998-1999	Cairo University, Economics Department Associate Lecturer Faculty of Economics and Political Science
1993/199898	Cairo University, Economics Department Teaching Assistant Faculty of Economics and Political Science
1994-1995	Center for Developing Countries Studies Research Assistant for Human Development Report Faculty of Economics and Political Science

Refereed Publications

Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Tina Zintl (2024)
Drivers of change in social contracts: building a conceptual framework
in: Mediterranean Politics, first published 17.07.2024
El-Haddad, Amirah / Chahir Zaki (2023)
Vulnerability and resilience: crisis transmission channels for GVCs in COVID times
in: Economics Bulletin 43 (4), 1581-1592
El-Haddad, Amirah (2023)
Political patronage and economic opportunity: vertical integration in Egyptian textiles and clothing
in: The European Journal of Develpment Research 35, 1224-1257
El-Haddad, Amirah / Chahir Zaki (2023)
The role of political connections in COVID-19 policy response: effectiveness of firm-level government support in Egypt
in: Journal of Development Studies 59 (8), 1213-1235
El-Haddad, Amirah / Chahir Zaki (2023)
Storm survivors: evidence from firms in times of pandemic
in: Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, first published 24.01.2023
Loewe, Markus (ed.) (2021)
Framing the emergence of new social contracts in Middle East and North African countries
in: World Development, special issue
El-Haddad, Amirah / May Mokhtar Gadallah (2021)
The informalization of the Egyptian economy (1998–2012): a driver of growing wage inequality
in: Applied Economics 53 (1)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2020)
Picking winners: identifying leading sectors for Egypt and Tunisia using the product space methodology
in: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 16 (1), 1-60
El-Haddad, Amirah (2020)
Redefining the social contract in the wake of the Arab Spring: the experiences of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
in: World Development 127, article 104774
El-Haddad, Amirah (2017)
Welfare gains from utility reforms in Egyptian telecommunications
published on Utilities Policy 17 February 2017
El-Haddad, Amirah (2015)
The causal chain of market based reform in Egyptian voice Telecommunication
in: Journal of Development Effectiveness 7 (4), 499-518
El-Haddad, Amirah (2011)
Female wages in the Egyptian textiles and clothing industry: low pay and discrimination
in: Economic Research Forum, Working Paper 633

Non-refereed Publications

Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Tina Zintl (2024)
Operationalising social contracts: towards an index of government deliverables
(Discussion Paper 8/2024)
El-Haddad, Amirah / Phoebe Saad Wasfy Ishac (2023)
The effect of COVID-19 on the gender employment gap in Egyptian manufacturing
in: Policy Research Working Paper No. 10646, Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group
White, Howard / Amirah El-Haddad (2023)
Does foreign aid influence policy?
in: Markus Haverland / Wil Hout / Michal Onderco (eds.), Crossing Borders: Liber Amicorum for Professor A.Geske Dijkstra, Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam: Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 111-116
El-Haddad, Amirah / Chahir Zaki (2022)
Firm dynamics in times of COVID: evidence from Egyptian firms
in: ERF Working Paper Series No. 1586
El-Haddad, Amirah / Chahir Zaki (2022)
Post Covid-19 firm-level government support in Egypt: uneven allocation and unequal effects
in: ERF Working Paper Series No. 1573
El-Haddad, Amirah / Chahir Zaki (2022)
Firm closures and performance in a time of pandemic
in: ERF Working Paper Series No. 1530
El-Haddad, Amirah / Marian Adel / Hany Abdel-Latif / Fekadu Terefe (2021)
Micro, small and medium–sized enterprises in the Arab region: structural vulnerabilities at a time of multiple shocks
New York: UNDP
Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action
(Discussion Paper 11/2021)
Black, Anthony / Pallavi Roy / Amirah El-Haddad / Kamil Yilmaz (2020)
The political economy of automotive industry development policy in middle income countries: a comparative analysis of Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey
Manchester: Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) (Working Paper 143)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2019)
التصدیر من أجل النمو: تحدید القطاعات الرائدة في مصر وتونس باستخدام منھجیة فضاء المنتجات (Arabic Version of: Exporting for growth: identifying leading sectors for Egypt and Tunisia using the Product Space Methodology)
(Discussion Paper 5/2019)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2018)
Exporting for growth: identifying leading sectors for Egypt and Tunisia using the Product Space Methodology
(Discussion Paper 25/2018)
El-Haddad, Amirah / May Gadallah (2018)
The Informalization of the Egyptian economy (1998-2012): a factor in growing wage inequality?
Kairo: Economic Research Forum (Working Paper Series 1210)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2016)
رؤية لاتجاهات السياسة الصناعية المصرية فى ضوء بعض الدراسات المقارنة (Government intervention with no structural transformation: the challenges of Egyptian industrial policy in comparative perspective)
Economic Research Forum (ERF Working Paper Series 1038)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2015)
Breaking the shackles: the structural challenge of growth and transformation for Egypt's industrial sector
in: Structural transformation and industrial policy: a comparative analysis of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey and case studies, European Investment Bank 2/3, 68-107

Opinion Pieces

El-Haddad, Amirah / Jannis Grimm (2022)
The costs of making Egypt an intimate partner on security affairs
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 14 March 2022
El-Haddad, Amirah (2021)
Kuwaiti small businesses after the pandemic: time for a new social contract
published on The Forum (Economic Research Forum policy portal), 01.06.2021
El-Haddad, Amirah (2021)
Has the ‘Unsocial’ Social Contract perished in the Middle East?
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 25 January 2021
El-Haddad, Amirah (2019)
Raising the minimum wage. رفع الحد الأدنى للأجر
published on The Forum - ERF Policy Portal - Economic Research Forum (ERF) April 30, 2019
El-Haddad, Amirah (2019)
Why El-Sisi’s decision to raise Egypt’s minimum wage is not such a good one!
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 15 April 2019)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2018)
Breaking Egypt's unsocial contract
published on Economic Research Forum (ERF) January 30, 2018
El-Haddad, Amirah / Omar El Shenety / Ahmed Abd Rabou (2018)
Is Egypt’s economy stabilising the country?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 29 January 2018
Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2016)
A new social contract for the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 5 December 2016)

Projects

Contact

E-mail amirah.el-Haddad@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-253
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130

@amirahelhaddad

Highlight

Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey (2020/21): New dataset available

Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey

Highlight

The informalization of the Egyptian economy (1998–2012): a driver of growing wage inequality
El-Haddad, Amirah / May Mokhtar Gadallah(2020)
in: Applied Economics, 02.08.2020

Highlight

Cover: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance

Picking winners: identifying leading sectors for Egypt and Tunisia using the product space methodology
El-Haddad, Amirah (2020)
in: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 16 (1), 1-60

Highlight

Redefining the social contract in the wake of the Arab Spring: the experiences of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
El-Haddad, Amirah (2020)
in: World Development 127 (March 2020)