Cyrus Sassanpour

CASE Fellow

education:

languages:

Farsi (native), English (fluent), Arabic (good), German (basic), French (basic).

Expertise:

Background:

Current Positions:

Previous Positions:

Consultant on Monetary Policy at Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Cairo (2009),
International Monetary Fund (IMF) (1983-2008),
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Vienna (1977-1982),
Research Fellow and Lecturer at Graduate School of International Studies (Geneva) (1976-1977),
Research and teaching associate at Londond School of Economics and Political Science (1975-1976).

Selected Publications:

“Labor Market Pressures in Egypt: Why is the Unemployment Rate Stubbornly High?”, with Mohamed Hassan, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, July 2008
“Labor Market Challenges and Policies in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries”, published by International Monetary Fund, 1997
“GCC’s Macroeconomic Strategies: Toward the 21st Century”, with Mohamed El-Erian, published in Gulf Economies: Strategies for Growth in the 21st Century, Georgetown University, 1997
“Policy Challenges in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries”, published by the International Monetary Fund, 1996
“Financial, Exchange Rate, and Wage Policies in Singapore, 1979-86”, with Ichani, published in Macroeconomic Models for Adjustment in Developing Countries, International Monetary Fund, 1991
“Adjustment to a Foreign Exchange Shock: Iran 1951-53”, with Patrick Clawson, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1987
“An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Monetary Disequilibria in Open Economies”, with Jeffrey Sheen, the Journal of Monetary Economics, 1984

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