MENASP Network Database

Social Policy Database

Database of Middle East North Africa Social Policy Expertise

Name
Dr. Abd Elrahman Ali
Biography

Abd Elrhman Elzahi Saaid Ali Senior Research Economist, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, KSA Education B.A (Honors) 1994 Sudan University of Science & Technology Sudan Banking & Finance M.A. 1998 Omdurman Islamic University Sudan Economics PhD 2002 Intertiol Islamic University Malaysia Malaysia Economics Experience 2013- present, Senior Research Economist, IRTI, Research Division2006-2008, Associate Professor, Sudan University of Science & Technology 2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Sudan University of Science & Technology 1994-1998- Teaching Assistants Sudan University of Science & Technology

Qualifications
Doctorate, International Islamic University Malaysia
Current or most recent Employer

Head of Poverty Cluster

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Time in Post - 11

Organisation Type: Development partner

Regional Expertise

Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen,

Disciplinary or professional background

Development Studies, Development (applied), Economics, Education, Evaluation research

Contact Info

aelzahi@isdb.org

966534000000

Islamic Development Bank, Islamic Research and Training Institute
Current Areas of Policy Interest

Inequality

Poverty or deprivation reduction

Poverty or deprivation measurement

Gender equality

Economic development

Islamic finance

Other macroeconomic issues

Work relates to groups

Youth

Elderly

Women

Areas of Policy Interest over the last ten years

Areas of Policy Interest researched, programmes designed and/or delivered in the last ten years

Poverty/deprivation reduction

Poverty/deprivation measurement

Inequality

Gender equality

Islamic finance

Innovative finance (New modalities in financing social sectors e.g. impact bonds)

Engagement

Academic publications
 Abd Elrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali, Khalifa Mohamed Ali, M Kabir Hassan, Revitalization of Waqf for Socio-Economic Development, (2019), Volume II, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-3-030-18449-0, DOI:

Academic conferences
Thematic Workshop on Enhancing Poor’s Capability (TWoEPC 2017) And Fincial Inclusion from Islamic Perspective 11th to 12th December, 2017 Islamabad, Pakistan

Consultancy Reports