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My research interests include applied micro-econometrics on poverty, food security, gender and human development in Egypt and other developing countries

Selected Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

  • Abou-Ali, H., Ramadan, R. and Elayouty, A.(2025), "Understanding the nexus between poverty and climate variability in Egypt", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-04-2024-0317 

  • Ramadan, R. (2024) “Agrifood policies and challenges of the agrifood system in Egypt”. New Medit 3. https://doi.org/10.30682/nm2403c 

  • Castet, A. and Ramadan, R. (2024) “La sécurité alimentaire à l’épreuve du Covid-19 : une analyse de la région MOAN”. Revue d'économie du développement 2023/3-4 (Vol. 33), pages 29 à 36. In French

  • Nazier, H. and Ramadan, R. (2020) “Is Women’s Empowerment A Community Affair? Community Level Application on Egyptian Married Women”. International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies. Volume 13. Number 1. 

  • Ahmed, Y., Fathi Sakr, M. and Ramadan, R. (2020) “Equity of health-care financing: a progressivity analysis for Egypt”. Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences (2020). DOI 10.1108/JHASS-08-2019-0040 

  • Krishnan, N., Olivieri, S. and Ramadan, R. (2019) “Estimating the Welfare Costs of Reforming the Iraq Public Distribution System: A Mixed Demand Approach”. Journal of Development Studies (2019).  Volume 55.  Issue sup1, 91-106, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2019.1687878 

Chapters in Books

  • Ramadan, R. and Castet, A. (2025) “Past, present and future of food security in Egypt” in Pathways to African Food Security Challenges, Threats and Opportunities towards 2050. Edited By Michiel de Haas, Ken E. Giller. Publised by Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. 

  • Badiane, O., Hendriks, S.L.,  Glatzel, K., Abdelradi, F., Admassie, A.,  Asafu, Adjaye, J.,   Ayieko, M., Bekele, E., Chaibi, T., Hag Ali Hassan, M., Samba Mbaye, M.,  Ezzahra Mengoub, F.,   Miano, D. W.,  Muyonga, J.H., Olofinbiyi, T., Ramadan, R. and  Siband, S. (2023) “Policy Options for Food System Transformation in Africa and the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation”  in Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation. Springer International Publishing.  

  • Alcoque, D. and Ramadan, R. (2023) “Sucre”- Repères sur l’Agriculture et les Marchés Alimentaires Mondiaux in Le Déméter 2023 (In French)  

  • Ramadan, R. (2023) “Women’s Economic Empowerment and Development in the Middle East” in the Routledge Handbook on Women in the Middle East. Edited by Suad Joseph and Zeina Zaatari   

Policy Papers

  • Assaad, R., Sieverding, M., Ramadan, R. and Hisham, M. (2020) “The Care Economy in The Arab States: Towards Recognizing, Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Care Work”. UN Women in partnership with the Economic Research Forum. Policy Brief No.1 

  • Ramadan, R. (2020) “Cash Transfers and Women Empowerment. A case Study of the “Takaful” Programme in Egypt”.  Middle East and North Africa Social Policy Network. Policy Innovation Case Study No.7 

  • Ramadan, R. (2019) “Understanding the Egyptian Paradox: Why the gender gap is closing in education but not in employment”. Egyptian National Observatory for Women Publication. The Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research- Baseera. 

  • Ramadan, R. (2015) “Demand and Supply Challenges of Food Security in Egypt”. The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)- Economic Literature Review No.2  

Conferences and Workshops Papers

  • Wahby, S. and Ramadan, R. (2019) “Gender Norms and Malnutrition in Egypt and Jordan” presented at Children and Adolescents’ Well Being - Faculty of Economics and Political Science and UNICEF Egypt Joint Conference  

  • Badr, P. and Ramadan, R. (2019) “To Beat or Not to Beat: Determinants of Domestic Physical Violence in Egypt” presented at 2019 IAFFE sessions at the AEA/ASSA Meetings- Atlanta- USA. 

  • Abou-Ali, H. and Ramadan, R. (2013) “Would Taxes Decrease Tobacco Consumption in Egypt?” presented at Second Joint Research Workshop between Paris 1 University and the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University- 2013- Paris- France 

  • Thomas, A. and Ramadan, R. (2013) “Econometric Analysis of the Wheat to Baladi Bread Chain in Egypt” presented at the African Econometric Society- 2013- Cairo- Egypt 

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