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.