Rania Roushdy, Ph.D.
Associate
Rania Roushdy is an associate in the Population Council's Cairo office. She is an economist; her main interest is in economic development and applied econometrics. Roushdy received her Ph.D. in economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in May 2003. She also holds an M.Sc. and a B.Sc. in statistics from Cairo University.
Roushdy’s current research lies in four areas: analysis and dynamics of the Egyptian labor market; migration and household well-being; intrahousehold allocation of resources and women’s empowerment; and poverty mapping and small-area estimation techniques. She has participated in numerous national and international conferences and has several publications.
Roushdy is affiliated with the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth program.
Rania Roushdy, Ph.D.
Associate
Poverty, Job Quality, and Labor Market Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (more)
Council researchers are investigating poverty, job quality, and labor market dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa.
(8/2007 - 7/2009)
Topics: Financial literacy/livelihoods
Countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco
Assessing Equality of Access to Education in Egypt (more)
Council researchers studied equality of access to schooling in Egypt.
(10/2006 - 5/2007)
Topics: Schooling
Countries: Egypt
Intra-household Resource Allocation in Egypt: Women's Empowerment and Investment in Children (more)
The Council studied intra-household decision-making, women's status, and child investment in Egypt.
(2/2006 - 1/2007)
Topics: Financial literacy/livelihoods; Newborn/infant health
Countries: Egypt
Rania Roushdy, Ph.D.
Associate
The impact of water supply and sanitation on child health: Evidence from Egypt (PDF)Roushdy,Rania; Sieverding,Maia; Radwan,Hanan
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 24)
Publication date: 2012
Impact of international migration and remittances on child schooling and child work: The case of Egypt (PDF)
Elbadawy,Asmaa; Roushdy,Rania
ERF Working Paper (no. 545)
Publication date: 2010
Measuring and operationalizing job quality in Egypt (PDF)
Assaad,Ragui; Roushdy,Rania; Rashed,Ali
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 1)
Publication date: 2009
Measuring and operationalizing job quality in Egypt [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Assaad,Ragui; Roushdy,Rania; Rashed,Ali
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 7)
Publication date: 2009
Poverty and geographic targeting in Egypt: Evidence from a poverty mapping exercise (HTML)
Roushdy,Rania; Assaad,Ragui
Economic Research Forum Working Paper (no. 0715)
Publication date: 2007
Slow fertility transition in Egypt (PDF)
Casterline,John B.; Roushdy,Rania
Publication date: 2007
Achieving replacement-level fertility in Egypt: Challenges and potential opportunities
Casterline,John B.; Roushdy,Rania
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Slow fertility transition in Egypt: Reaching policy-makers and program managers with the findings
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Roushdy,Rania; Casterline,John B.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Slow fertility transition in Egypt
Casterline,John B.; Roushdy,Rania
Research report
Publication date: 2005
Urban poverty and children and youth schooling: A case study of households and neighborhoods in urban Egypt
Roushdy,Rania; Montgomery,Mark R.; Fikree,Fariyal F.
from Proceedings of the Urban Children and Youth in the MENA Region Meeting: Addressing Priorities in Education
Publication date: 2005
Fertility Decline in Egypt: The Challenge of Achieving Replacement-Level Fertility
Casterline,John B.; Roushdy,Rania
Publication date: 2004
Intrahousehold resource allocation in Egypt: Does women's empowerment lead to greater investments in children?
Roushdy,Rania
Economic Research Forum (ERF) Working Paper (no. 200410)
Publication date: 2004
Rania Roushdy, Ph.D.
Associate
Impact of international migration and remittances on child schooling and child work: The case of EgyptPresentation at the Economic Research Forum 16th Annual Conference, Cairo, 9 November
Elbadawy,Asmaa; Roushdy,Rania
Publication date: 2009
Impact of migration on child schooling and women empowerment: The case of Egypt (PDF)
Presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 29 September
Elbadawy,Asmaa; Roushdy,Rania
Publication date: 2009
Family background, contemporary constraints, and fertility in Egypt
Presentation at the Population Association of America 2006 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 30 March-1 April
Roushdy,Rania
Publication date: 2006
Poverty and geographic targeting in Egypt: Evidence from a poverty mapping exercise
Presentation to be made at the Economic Research Forum 13th Annual Conference, Kuwait, December
Roushdy,Rania
Publication date: 2006
Contact
E-mail: rroushdy@popcouncil.org
Address:
Rania Roushdy
Population Council
59 Misr-Helwan Agricultural Road, Maadi
PO Box 168, Maadi
Cairo, 11431 Egypt
+20 2 2525 5967
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