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Heidi Aly Fahmy

Profile / Hard working, serious, active, able to adapt with different circumstances and to work under pressure, very good researcher, creative, reliable, confident, excellent communications skills and high ability to work within a team.
Education / April 2015: PhD, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
The Composition of Public Expenditures as a Transmission Mechanism between Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth (in Arabic)
Grade: Excellent
July 2010: Masters, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
The Development of Intergovernmental Transfers as aGateway to the Implementation of Fiscal Decentralization in Egypt (in Arabic)
Grade: Excellent
June 2006: B.Sc. in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt.
Major: Economics, Minor: Statistics, English Section.
Grade: Excellent with the Grade of Honor, Rank: 7th.
Graduation Project: “The Relation between Banking Regulations and Financial Performance and Stability.”(in Arabic)
Project Grade: Excellent
June 2009:High School Diploma,EL-Farouk Islamic Language School, (99%).
Work Experience / March 2010-August 2011: Decentralization Policy Specialist, Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI), USAID.
  • Participating and assisting in the research and consulting activities conducted by the Policy Unit.
  • Assisting in coordinating technical meetings, workshops, conferences conducted by the Policy Unit in cooperation with the governmental entities.
  • Assisting in reviewing the technical content of workshops/conferences.
  • Conducting literature reviews on decentralization issues and topics.
  • Ensuring effective documentation of all relevant tasks and materials.
  • Coordinating and organizing a study tour to Poland including a number of senior officials from four ministries.
July 2015-present: Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
  • Undergraduate courses: Macro Economics
2007-2010: Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University:
  • Undergraduate courses: Readings in Economics, Public Finance, Research Methods
  • Post Graduate courses: Economic Development, Local Economic Development
2006-2009: Research Assistant in the Department of Economic Analysis, Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), Egyptian Cabinet.
  • Research assisting in a number of papers including: “Measuring Social Mobility in Egypt”, “Monetary Policy Analysis with New Keynesian Models in Egypt: A Bayesian DSGE approach” and “A Review of Contemporary Monetary Policy in Egypt”.
  • Statistical and Economic analysis of surveys including the Agricultural Wheat Survey Data.
  • Training STATA course.
  • Writing reports directed to decision makers related to different economic issues.
  • Preparing a weekly economic bulletin on the recent economic developments across the world.
July-August 2004: Summer Training in the Economic Page, El-Ahram Weekly.
July-August 2003: Summer Training in the Credit Department, Arab Bank.
Courses / June-July 2007: E-Views
Computer and Information Center, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
January 2008: Managing the development Process
Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait.
January 2008: TheEconomics of Growth and Development
Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait.
August 2009: Programming with MATLAB
Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.
November 2009: Faculty Training Course: Advanced Econometrics
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, FEPS, Cairo.
Research / Published Research:
Forthcoming: “Revisiting the Relation between Fiscal Decentralization and Growth in the Context of Marketization”, Eastern European Economics, Taylor and Francis Publishing.
Working Papers:
July 2008: “The Role of the Fiscal Non-Credit Sector in Egypt: Mortgage Lending,” IDSC (in Arabic).
November 2007: “Analysis of the Consumption Pattern of the Egyptian Household,” IDSC, (Report in Arabic).
June 2007: “A Model of Expenditure Distribution in Egypt and a Measure of the Degree of Dispersion,” IDSC (in Arabic).
Language skills /
  • Arabic: Native.
  • English: Fluent (spoken & written)
  • French: Good

Computer skills / Very Good command of:
  • Microsoft Office
  • STATA
  • E-Views
  • Internet

Personal Data /
  • Date of Birth:July10th 1985 - Egypt
  • Nationality: Egyptian
  • Marital Status: Married with two childrens
  • Religion: Muslim

Interests /
  • Reading English and Arabic books
  • Walking
  • Music

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