Ragui Assaad

Dr. Ragui Assad is the regional director for West Asia and North Africa at Population Council and an Associate Professor of Planning and Public Affairs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Assad is author of The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Reform (Cairo Press, 2002) and “The Role of Non-Governmental Actors in Poverty Alleviation in Egypt” (Social Development Issues, 1999), and co-authored “The Employment Crisis in Egypt: Current Trends and Future Prospects” (Research in Middle East Economics, 1997).