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Regional Director, West Asia and North Africa Profile Ragui Assaad is the Population Council’s regional director for West Asia and North Africa. He directs a diverse portfolio of research and programs in eight countries. The Council’s activities in the area are aimed at building leadership and research capacity, improving the quality of care for reproductive health and family planning services, reducing poverty, enhancing civil participation, and supporting transitions to adulthood. Assaad’s recent research focuses on labor market analysis, gender inequity in the labor market, and work and family issues in the Middle East and North Africa. His studies examine gender inequities in economic restructuring, poverty and poverty alleviation strategies, the informal economy, community development, and urban planning in the developing world. Over the past 14 years, Assaad has collaborated with Council staff members in Cairo and New York on a number of projects relating to youth livelihoods, child labor, woman’s paid work, and the empowerment of adolescent girls. He has served since 1990 as a professor at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Since 1994, Assaad has been a research fellow of the Economic Research Forum for the Arab countries, Iran, and Turkey, an independent regional network of economists, policymakers, and business professionals. Assaad has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. He edited a book on the Egyptian labor market and contributed to a number of official reports published by international organizations and think tanks. He has given numerous presentations at conferences and workshops around the world. The holder of a B.Sc. in physics and an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, Assaad also earned a Ph.D. in city and regional planning from Cornell University.Assaad is affiliated with the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth program.
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