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IIM Associates
Dr. Nasser Al Saidi
Former Minister Economy Trade and Industry of Lebanon
Chief Economist , Dubai International Financial Centre (DFIC)
Co-chair with the OECD of the MENA Corporate Governance Working Group.
Member of the UN Committee for Development Policy (UNCDP)
Expertise:
- International Finance, Monetary Theory & Policy, Macroeconomics
- Global Strategy, Economic Policy, Public Administration, Middle East
and World Politics
Experience:
Industries:
- Consulting, Research, Think Tank, Education, Public Administration,
Government Policy
Employers
- Chief Economist , Dubai International Financial Centre (DFIC)
- Executive Director, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance (ICG)
- Former Minister Economy Trade and Industry of Lebanon 1998-2000
- He was a Member of the UN Committee for
Development Policy (UNCDP) for two mandates over the period 2000-2006,
appointed as a member by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
- First Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon for two
successive mandates, 1993-1998 and 1998-2003
- Dr. Saidi has served as economic adviser and director to a number of
central banks and financial institutions in the Arab countries, Europe
and Central and Latin America. Prior to his public career, Dr. Saidi
pursued a career as an academic, as a professor of economics at the
Department of Economics of the University of Chicago, the Institut
Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales (Geneva, CH), and the
Université de Genève, and was a lecturer at the American University of
Beirut and the Université St. Joseph in Beirut
Clients
- Lebanon Government, Panama Government, Dubai Government, Uruguay
Government, Peru Government, World Bank, Banque De La Mediterranee,
UNDP, United Nations Committee For Development Policy, USAID
Education/Certifications:
- Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from the University of
Rochester in the USA
- M.Sc. from University College, London University
- B.A. from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Organizations
- Lebanese Transparency Association
Publications:
-
Towards E- Lebanon, Center for Digital Government June, 2003
-
Economic Reform & Building a Better Investment Climate, World Bank
April, 2006
- Corporate
Governance & Business Ethics, United Nations
- Managing
Capital Flows, World Bank
- Building Bridges and Projecting Voice,
Euro-Arab Mediterranean Policy Institute (EAMPI), 2003
- Financial Sector
Development & Reform, Economic Research Forum (ERF), 2004
Conferences and Presentations:
- Corporate Governance, The
Center of International Private Enterprise CIPE (US Chamber of Commerce)
- Advancing Corporate Governance in MENA
OECD, United Nations, 2006
- Regional Corporate Governance Institute (RCGI),
OECD, United Nations, 2006
- Governance for Family
Business, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank, 2003
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Towards a National Knowledge-Based Economy, MIT Entrepreneurship
Center , March 2000
-
Institutions and Economic Growth in the Arab Countries,
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 2006
- Corporate Governance,
IPO Summit Middle East, Feb 2007
- Hawkamah, UAE CB IFC March 2006
-
EU-Lebanon Partnership, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, 1997
- 6th International Middle East Economic Association, March 2007
-
Meeting Challenges of Finance on Global Stage, Financial Times
Global Events, May 2007
- Linking Governance
and Competitiveness , Oman Economic Association
- E-Government: Technology for
Good Governance, Development and Democracy, Worldbank, 2004
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Raising capital and fund distribution best practice, Funds World,
2007
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Supporting the Development of Middle East Financial Markets,
Standard & Poor's April 2007
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World 3rd Ministerial Conference, World Trade Organization (WTO)
1999
- Linking Economic Growth and Social Development,
UNDP 2000
- Real Estate Opportunities in Lebanon,
Plant Lebanon, 2000
- Arab Economic Integration-
Removing Barriers to Prosperity, Economic Research Forum, 2004
- Families, Markets and
Governance, Good Business and Society Conference Turkey November,
2006
- ESSAYS ON RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES. Garland
Publishers inc., New York. Outstanding Dissertations in Economics
Series, 198
- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN LEBANON, Centre for Lebanese
Studies, Papers on Lebanon No.3, Oxford University, 1986
- FIDUCIARY OPERATIONS: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, REGULATORY, AND
TAX ASPECTS, Edited by Nasser H. Saidi Banque du Liban, 1996
- "Fluctuating Exchange Rates and the International Transmission of
Economic Disturbances", JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING, November
1980
- "Economies of Scale, Uncertainty and International Reserves Under
Alternative Regimes: Canadian Experience, 1950-1976", JOURNAL OF
MONETARY ECONOMICS, April 1981
- "On Non-Linear Tariff Schedules", with P. Srinagesh, JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, May 1981.
- "Expectations, International Business Cycles and the Balance of
Payments", JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING, August 1982.
- "Exchange Control: A Comment", in EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION AND
CURRENCY COMPETITION, P. Salin, editor, Nijhoff Publishers, 1982
- "The Out-of-Sample Failure of Empirical Exchange Rate Models.' A
Comment", in EXCHANGE RATES AND INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS, J. Frenkel,
editor, NBER, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983.
- "Real and Nominal Exchange Rates: Issues and Some Evidence", with A.
Swoboda, in RECENT ISSUES IN THE THEORY OF FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES, E.
Claasen and P. Salin, eds, North Holland Publishing, 1983.
- "Why Do Exchange Controls Exist?" in CURRENCY COMPETITION AND
MONETARY UNION, P. Salin, editor, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The
Netherlands, 1984."Explaining Inflation and the Depreciation of the
Lebanese Pound: 1964-1982", BANQUE DU LIBAN, BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL, No.
21-22, 1984.
- "Government Spending and Taxes: Anatomy of a Crisis, 1964-1982",
BANQUE DU LIBAN, BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL, No. 23, 1984.
- "Deficits, Inflation and Depreciation: Lessons from Lebanon,
1964-1988", in POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY IN LEBANON, conference volume
jointly edited by SOAS and the Centre for Lebanese Studies, 1989.
- "The Role of Capital Markets in Lebanon's Reconstruction; Developing
Debt and Equity Markets to finance reconstruction." THE JOURNAL OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH, Vol. 2 No. 1, January 1993.
- " The Economic Reconstruction of Lebanon: War, Peace &
Modernization", in D. Collings, editor, PEACE FOR LEBANON? FROM WAR TO
RECONSTRUCTION, published in association with the Canadian Institute of
International Peace and Security, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder &
London 1994.
- “The Renaissance of Beirut’s Financial Markets” in DEVELOPMENT OF
FINANCIAL MARKETS IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES, IRAN & TURKEY, Economic
Research Forum, April 1995.
- “Managing Capital Flows: Observations from the Front Line” in VOICES
FROM MARRAKECH, Selections from the Mediterranean Development Forum
Knowledge and Skills for Development in the Information Age. Marrakech,
Morocco. May 1997. Edited by Ishac Diwan and Karen Sirker.
- “Reform, Modernization and Growth: Lebanon Towards 2000” British
Lebanese Association David Wells Memorial Lecture May 1999.
Achievements/Awards:
- Milton Friedman, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Economics, University of
Chicago, 1979, 1st recipient
- Peter Conibear- Prize in Economics, best Masters Degree Paper,
University of Rochester 1976
- Prix Guillaume Apollinaire 1969
- Prix Michel Chiha 1969
Professional Interests:
- Research. Professional Interests. Professional Networking
Personal Interests:
- Classical music, tennis, science fiction, anthropology, IT,
biotechnology, history
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