CURRICULUM VITAE (C.V.)

  • Personal Information

NAME : Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Migdad

Professor, Economics

Nationality : Palestinian

Date of birth : 6 / 5 / 1961

Martial status : Married

Address : Department of Economic and Politics, Faculty of

Commerce, Islamic University of Gaza.

e.mail :

Phone No. : Tel-Fax +970 8 2842640

Jawal : +97 0599602130

  • Current Occupation :

1- Professor, A lecturer in different Economic courses, Econometrics, Feasibility studies & effect evaluation, Planning and Economic Development,Macro Economics, Islamic economics, Managerial Economics for master students (MBA), as well as Research Methodology and Statistics and Health Economy at the I.U.G, Faculty of Commerce.

2- Supervising the (MBA) students in doing research.

3- Economic consultant, director orinvolved in different studies and project evaluation.

4- The head of BOT of Institute for Development Studies (IDS)

  • Education

1-2011 Professor in Economics

2-2005 Associate Professor in Economics.

3-1995 – 1999, Master and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Development {M.Phil & Ph.D}, 1999. Development and Project Planning Centre (DPPC), BradfordUniversity, Bradford, United Kingdom. Thesis Title:

{Performance Analysis of Small Scale Industries,Case Study, SSIs in the Gaza Strip as a part of the New Palestinian Entity}

Using the multiple regression analysis and the logistic model (Econometrics Models).

4-1993 – 1994, Certificate in Economics, 1994, The University of Jordan, Economic Department.

5-1981 – 1984, B.A in economics, 1984, grade: Excellent, and the first in the class. The Islamic University of Gaza, Economic Department.

6-1980, Certificate in Arabic and Islamic Studies, the Islamic University of Gaza.

Memberships:

  1. Member of the Islamic University Council.
  2. Head of board of trustees (IDS) Institute for Development Studies.
  3. Member of board of trustees (HOW, ISS) House of Wisdom, Institute for Strategic Studies.
  4. Member of HarvardUniversity Team for studying Employment in Gaza.
  5. Member of the scientific committee, journal of the scientific research.
  6. Member of some NGOs and NPOs boards.
  7. Member of the Quality Unit for the faculty of commerce.
  8. Former Head of the board of trustees for (Work Without Borders Company).
  • Work Experience

First Academic:

  1. 1 - 1984 – 1987, Teaching Assistant, Economic Department, Faculty of Commerce, the Islamic University of Gaza. Taught the following Economic courses at the undergraduate level:
  • Micro and Macro Economics.
  • Econometrics.
  • Mathematical Economics.
  • Islamic Economics.
  • Palestinian Economics.
  1. 1994 - 1995, A lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics and Politics, Faculty of commerce, the IUG, Taught different Economic courses at the undergraduate level:
  2. 1997 – 1999, lecturer in economics, Bradford University (UK), Department of Social Sciences, Taught the Micro & Macro Economic Theory at the undergraduate level.
  3. 1999-2004, Assistant Professor at the Islamic University of Gaza, Department of Economics and Politics.
  4. 2000 - 2006, A part time lecturer at Al Quds University, teaching Econometrics Research Methodology and Health Economy..
  5. 2001-2002, a lecturer for Research Methodology and Managerial Economics at the MBA Program at the IUG.
  6. 2004 – Associate Professor in economics.
  1. A lecture in Feasibility Studies. And a supervisor for a lot of Feasibility Studies for different projects.
  2. A supervisor for different master degree research in economic and management.
  3. Director of House Of Wisdom (HOW – Gaza) Institute for Conflict Resolution And Governance. (2008-2009)

Second: Other Experiences

  1. Head of the Economic department, Faculty of commerce, the Islamic University of Gaza, 1999- 2002.
  2. Vice Dean, Faculty of commerce, IUG, 2000- -2002
  3. Head of the Business Research Unit, Faculty of commerce, IUG 2002- 2003.
  4. Vice dean Community Service and Continuing Education (CSCED) at the IUG, 2003 – 2004.
  5. Dean of Community Service and Continuing Education (CSCED) at the IUG,2005 – 2007.
  6. Capatical leave to build a model that try to solve the unemployment problem in Palestine, 2008.

Projects and consulting:

  1. Project manager for developing a Unified Graduate tracking System at the Tertiary Education Institutes (TEIs) Financed by the WB (2008).
  2. project manager in doing capacity building for different NGOs.
  3. Economic consultant, team member of contracting the Palestinian state five years development plan 2000-2005.
  4. Economic consultant, team member of contracting the Palestinian Economic development plan 2005-2007.
  5. 2000, supervisor for collecting and analyzing data for Palestinian Trade Organization (Pal trade) and Wood Industry Union.
  6. Team Leader for conducting a research in (Import Substitution and Export Promotion in the Palestinian Tertiary.
  7. Team leader for project evaluation and capacity building for the NGOs (Etelaf Al khair , Al wafa , Mabarat Arrahma and others).
  8. Economic Consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture in Palestine.
  9. Evaluation the quality of the economic department at the faculty of commerce, IUG.
  10. 1999, supervisor of several projects for undergraduate students, Dep. of Economics and politics.
  11. Conducting different feasibility Studies for different projects. Some of them are established.
  12. Economic consultant for the New established Business Incubator - Gaza.
  • Area of Interests
  1. Economic consultant and macro economic planning in Palestine.
  2. Expert in analyzing economic data and data for social sciences, especially the quantitative analysis, using Statistical Package for social science (SPSS).
  3. Training in different topics including: Strategic Planning, Monitoring and evaluation, Fund raising and proposal writing, Time Management, and Decision making & Problem Solving, feasibility studies and Others.
  4. Teaching in the field of economic courses, especially: Econometrics Macro economics and feasibility studies, research methodology, Planning and evaluation.
  5. Evaluating the Small Scale Industries and Training how to manage firms.
  6. Capacity building for NGOs.

Training courses: includes preparing the training materials.

  1. Training fundraising and proposal writing for Tamkeen and IDS and others (many times).
  2. Trainer in Strategic Planning and a facilitator for preparing strategic plans for Parliament members and the media
  3. Trainer for (ACPA) students, teaching Economics and Decision making.
  4. Trainer in Report writing for NGOs and Ministries.
  5. Trainer in Data collection, Data analysis and Research methodology.
  6. Trainer in Questionnaire designing for MBA student and NGOs,
  7. Trainer in Planning Monitoring and Evaluation.
  8. Trainer in Health Economy, for ministry of health, funded by UKconsulate.
  9. Trainer in time management job stress and team management for NGOs, and TEIs.
  10. Trainer in decision making and problem solving for ministries and TEIs.
  11. So many other training courses.

Papers and Publications

Books:

  1. July- 2000, A book in Islamic and Positive Economics, a text book for the student at the Palestinian Universities, republished in 2007.
  2. January- 2001, A book in Econometrics, a text book for the student at the Economic department, at the IUG,republished in 2005 and 2010.
  3. January- 2004, A book in Research Method, a text book for the student at the Faculty of commerce at the IUG, and for all researchers in business studies, republished in 2007.
  4. 2008, a book in Micro Economic for Bachelor student..
  5. 2009, a book in Macro Economic for Bachelor student.

Papers:

  1. September- 1998, Performance Analysis of Small Scale Industries, Evidence from the Gaza Strip.

A paper presented to the DSA conference, and considered as one of the discussion paper Series at the Development and Project Planning Centre {DPPC}, Bradford University, UK.

  1. October- 1999, Managerial and Other Characteristics that Affect the Performance of the Industrial Sector in the Gaza Strip.

A paper presented at conference of the Human Resource Development {HRD} Practice and Practitioners Beyond the year 2000. DPPC, University of Bradford, UK.

  1. August -2000, Factors affects the performance of Accounting and Auditing in Palestine. (Al Mujtama Al Arabi, No 115, year 2000.).
  2. October- 2000, The Effect of the Exchange Rate and Consumer Price Index on Wages and Salaries in Palestine. Case study, workers at the Islamic University of Gaza.
  3. December- 2000, Factors affecting the performance of students at the Palestinian Universities (a paper prepared for publication).
  4. The role of Islamic Banks in the development in Palestine.
  5. The Effect of the Israeli Siege on employment in Palestine "Case Study on the Gaza Strip". Al Aufog Journal, No 2 , year 2001.
  6. The use of Information Technology in Palestine (Unpublished Paper).
  7. The Effect of the Israeli Siege on Small Scale Businesses "Case Study on the Gaza Strip". Economics and Management Journal, No, 41, year 2002, Al Mustansiria University Iraq.
  8. Palestinian Macro economic framework, the future of the Palestinian Economics.
  9. Wood Industries in Palestine, Characteristics, Obstacles and Future, on progress.
  10. The role of NGOs in developing the Palestinian Economy, August 2002, for the interest of Ietilaf Al Khair.
  11. The role of youth in the Palestinian development. (For Sharek Profile- UNDP).
  12. The Strategic Program for Palestinian Policies (Economics, Politics and Social) October 2008.
  13. The Economic & Political development in Palestine under the World Economic Crises 2009.
  14. Unemployment in the Gaza Strip and its solution 2010.
  15. Globalization and its effect on the Palestinian Industrial Sector 2010.
  • Computer Skills and Language
  1. Good knowledge of the Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
  2. A course in multivariate data analysis, using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. “SPSS”. {DPPC}, Bradford University, UK.
  3. Good knowledge in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS).
  4. Course in Distance learning using the Web CT Computer program (60 hours)
  5. Languages : Arabic (first language), and English (fluent).

Abstract of my thesis

Key words: Performance, Efficiency, profitability, Growth, Cost per job, The Gaza Strip, The West Bank, The New Palestinian Entity, Small-scale Industries.

This study examines the performance of the industrial sector in the Gaza Strip (GS), The study compares characteristics of firms as well as performance and efficiency indicators for different types, sizes and local or sub-contracting firms. The study also investigates and analyses restrictions and problems face the industry in the GS, both local and Israeli. We use mainly primary data collected from the GS. Differences between means has been used to find any significant differences between firms in terms of profit ratio, profit margin, labour-productivity, capital-productivity, growth rate and cost per job, as well as some differences in terms of characteristics of firms.

The linear regression and the logistic models are used to determine factors affecting the indicators for all the industries in the GS as well as for each size and sub-sector within the industrial sector. The logistic model is mainly used to find different factors affecting successful and growing firms compared with less-successful and non-growing firms; it is also used to analyse local and subcontracting firms.

The study shows the structure of the industrial sector and the concentration on clothing and sub-contracting firms as a source of employment and profit is the first indicator of the effect of the Israeli restrictions. Other indicators are the high death rate experienced in the industrial sector (25%) in a short period between 1994-1996, and especially in Food and Others group (32%). The negative growth of employment for Food and Others group is also an indicator.

The industry in the GS in general is lacking raw materials and financial support, while Clothing and sub-contracting firms overcame this problem with the help of their Israeli partners, and also due to the labour-intensive techniques used.

In general the small-firm size performs better than the micro-size, which means that it is important to increase the size of firms in the GS, and transfer the micro-firms into small ones. Among the sub-sectors Clothing group is the most efficient in creating cheap jobs although LP is low. Clothing firms are also achieving higher PR, using labour-intensive techniques, which are suitable probably to the case of the GS. However, we suggest that the government has to find an alternative to this industry with same level of efficiency. This suggestion may seem to be surprising, but it is necessary to reduce dependence on Clothing firms that work as sub-contractors to Israeli firms under uncertainly.

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