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Samir Makdisi |
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| University Degrees PhD in Economics, Columbia University MA in Economics, American University of Beirut BA in Economics (with distinction), American University of Beirut | ||||||||||||
| Administrative Experience
Director, Institute of Financial
Economics, 1984 -2007 Deputy
president, American University of Beirut, 1993-1998(Recipient of the American University of Beirut Medal for distinguished service to the University, 1998) Member of the Steering Committee, Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Economic Institutes (FEMISE), 1999
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| Research Interests International Economics, Monetary Economics, Development and Middle East Economics | ||||||||||||
| Current Research Projects Completed A
two-ear research project (co-managed with Ibrahim Elbadawi) housed at the
IFE and supported by and IDRC research grant has been completed, and an
edited book manuscript entitled: Explaining he Democracy Deficit in the
Arab World: Oil, Conflict and Beyond has also been completed. 19
established researchers from the Arab World and abroad have participated in
this project. Its primary objective was to identify the factors
underlying the persistence of Arab autocratic regimes despite notable
economic growth since independence.
- Conditions governing the transition from
autocracy to democracy in the Arab World.
- The impact of consociationalism on development: the Case of Lebanon
- The effects of the recent global financial crises on the economic growth
of the Arab Countries.
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| Recent and Forthcoming Publications Books Forthcoming (co-edited with I. Elbadawi), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit (with I. Elbadawi), "Explaining the Arab Democracy Deficit: The Role of Oil and conflict", forthcoming in I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi (eds), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit, (Routledge, 2010). (with F, Kiwan and M. Marktanner), " Lebanon: The Constrained Democracy and Its National Developmental Impact", forthcoming in I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi (eds), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit, (Routledge, 2010). Recent: The Lessons of Lebanon: the economics of war and development, London IB Tauris (2004) Translated into Arabic and published by Dar Annahar, Beirut, December 2004. (Recipient of the Suad Al Sabbah First Prize award for 2005
for published work in Arabic in the Social Sciences). "Impact of the International Financial Crisis on growth in the Arab Countries" : Arab Planning Institute. "The obstacles to Arab Economic Integration: Factors that Underlie the Lack of Political Will", Alexandria Library.
"Trapped by Consociationalism: The Case of Lebanon", Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, V. 11, Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago, September 2009 (with M. Marktanner). "Development Against All Odds? The Case of Lebanon", Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, V.4, Issue 2008 (with M. Marktanner) "Rebuilding Without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period", L. Binder (ed.), Rebuilding of Devastated Economies in the Middle East. (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2007) "Explaining the Democracy Deficit in the Arab World", The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance - V. 46, Issue 5, February 2007 (with I. Elbadawi). "The Arab/Israeli Conflict and the Question of Democracy in the Arab World", in the Middle East: Issues and Conflicts, Institute of Political Science, St. Joseph University, (Beirut, 2007/08). i "The Determinants of Economic Growth in the MENA Region", J. Nugent and H. Pesaran (eds), Explaining Growth in the Middle East (North Holland/Elsevier, Contributions to Economic Analysis Series), V. 278, December 2006 (with I. Limam and Z. Fattah). "The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990", P. Collier and N. Sambanis (eds), Understanding Civil
War: Evidence and Analysis, vs I and II , The World Bank, 2005 (With
R. Sadaka),.
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