Dr. Tarik Yousef el-Magariaf was an Associate Professor of Economics in the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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. He is the son of Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf

Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf

Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf is the former leader of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya , a splinter opposition group to Muammar Gaddafi in the 1980s. He was formerly Libyan ambassador to India and before that was head of the board of auditors at the Libyan revenue court...

, Libya's former ambassador to India and the Secretary General of the 1980s group, the National Front for the Salvation of Libya

National Front for the Salvation of Libya

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. Tarik served one term at the Dubai School of Government

Dubai School of Government

The Dubai School of Government is a research and teaching institution in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which focuses on public policy in the Arab world. The School was established in 2005 under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United...

 (2007–2011) as its second dean, following Yassar Jarrar. Tarik was a Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution

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 He has worked in the past at the Middle East Department of the International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

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, as a Senior Advisor at the Millennium Project

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 with the United Nations

United Nations

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, and at the Office of the Chief Economist in Middle East and North Africa Region at the World Bank

World Bank

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Dr. Yousef received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 and his B.S. from the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 in Economics. His current research focuses on global economics and development, the political economy of labor reform, dynamics of labor markets, development policies in oil-exporting countries, and on the economy of Egypt

Economy of Egypt

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 and the Middle East.

He was a participant in the second edition of Dubai Debates

Dubai Debates

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, on the topic After the Arab Awakening: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Arab World.