PERSONAL DATA

Ibrahim M. Oweiss

EDUCATION:

B.Com., Alexandria University, Egypt, 1952
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1961
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1969
Special Summer Program in Economic Forecasting, M.I.T., 1971
Faculty Seminar, "Interdependence", S.F.S., G.U., Fall 1976 and Spring 1977.

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Methods of Financing Economic Development in Egypt, Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, May 1953. (Arabic)
  2. The Israeli Economy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1974. Pp. x, 1-44.
  3. "Petro-Money: Problems and Prospects," Inflation & Monetary Crisis, edited by G. C. Wiegand, Public Affairs Press, Washington, D.C. 1975. Pp.84-90. A shorter version was published in Middle East International, No. 36, June 1974. Pp. 12-15.
  4. "Petro-Money and the International Monetary System", Middle East International, No. 39, September 1974. Pp. 10-12.
  5. "The Israeli Economy, Can It Afford Peace?" Middle East International, No. 40, October 1974. Pp. 18-20.
  6. "Pricing of Oil in World Trade with Special reference to the Pricing of Middle Eastern Oil", N.A.A.A., Washington, D. C., December 1974. Pp.1-14
  7. "OPEC and the Oil Consumers: Deciding a Price", Middle East International, No. 44, February 1975. Pp. 11-14.
  8. "A Two-Sector Model of Capital Requirements with Economic and Technical Substitution with Special Application to the Egyptian Economy". Joint authorship with J. EugPne Poirier, The Egyptian Statistical Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1975. Pp. 85-120. It was also published by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Institute of Arab Development, Technical Paper No. 1, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., August 1976. Pp. 1-57.
  9. Economic Criteria for the Use of Petrodollars in Financing Projects in Egypt, Proceedings of the First Conference of Egyptian Scientists, Egypt the Year 2000, December, 1976.
  10. "Pricing of Oil in World Trade," Journal of the Gulf & Arabian Peninsula Studies, Vol. 3, No. 9, January 1977. Pp. 9-12 (Arabic).
  11. "A Living from the Desert," Middle East International, No. 75, September 1977. Pp. 20-22.
  12. "Strategies for Arab Economic Development," Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 3, No. 1, Autumn 1977. Pp. 103-114. A shorter version was published in The Arab Future: Critical Issues, edited by Michael C. Hudson, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1979. Pp. 31-40.
  13. "Petrodollars and Regional Economic Development," The Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, Vol 4., No. 13, January 1978. Pp. 11-28. (Arabic).
  14. "Egypt's Economy: Room for Optimism," Middle East International, No. 85, July 1978. Pp. 14-16.
  15. "Recent Developments in the Economies of the Arab World," The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 1978. P. 16.
  16. "Some Positive Aspects of the Egyptian Economy", CCAS Reports, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., October 1978. Pp. 13.
  17. "Two Views for Economic Development in Egypt", The Washington Quarterly, Special Supplement, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Spring 1979. Pp. 14-16.
  18. "Future of Business and the Egyptian Economy," The Future of Business in Egypt, Center for Strategic and International Studies, No. 7 of the FOB Series, 1979. Pp. 1-12.
  19. "Arab-American Economic Interdependence", L'Egypte Contemporaine, LXXeme AnnJe, No. 375, January 1979. Pp. 63-75.
  20. "Economic Integration in the Gulf", The United States Arabia and the Gulf, edited by Ronald G. Wolfe, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1980. Pp. 21-28.
  21. "Arab-United States Economic Relations: An Overview", The Dynamics of Arab-United States Economic Relations in The 1970's, edited by Ibrahim M. Oweiss, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1980. Pp. 1-14.
  22. "Migration of Egyptians", L'Egypte Contemporaine, LXXVeme AnnJe, No. 381, Juillet 1980. Pp. 201-212. It was also published in The Arab Brain Drain, United Nations, edited by A. B. Zahlan, Itheca Press, 1981. Pp. 163-170.
  23. "Egypt: Strategic, Economic and Political Assessment", Business and the Middle East: Threats and Prospects, edited by Robert A. Kilmarx and Yonah Alexander, Pergamon Press, New York 1982. Pp. 57-90.
  24. "The Arab Development Funds and Arab Foreign Aid," in Arab Resources: The Transformation of a Society, edited by Ibrahim Ibrahim, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University and Croom Helm, Ltd., 1983. Pp. 115-124.
  25. "Petrodollar Surpluses: Trends & Economic Impact," Leading article in L'Egypte Contemporaine, No. 393-394, LXXIV, Juillet-Octobre 1983. pp. 5-35. It was also published in CCAS Reports, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1983, pp. 1-34, in The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. IX, No. 2 Spring 1984. pp. 177-202, and in Finance and Development, The Industrial Bank of Kuwait, No. 5, 1984. Pp. 29-57.
  26. "Arab-U.S. Economic Relations: Isolation, Confrontation or Cooperation," Arab Perspectives, Vol. 4, September 1983. Pp.36-40.
  27. "The Israeli Economy and Its Military Liability," American-Arab Affairs, No. 8, Spring, 1984. Pp. 31-40.
  28. "Impediments to Arab Investment in the United States", U.S. - Arab Economic Relations, edited by Michael R. Czinkota and Scot Marciel, Praeger Publishers, New York 1985. Pp. 138-158. It was also published in Finance and Industry, Industrial Bank of Kuwait, No. 6, 1986. Pp. 5-27.
  29. "Economics of the Israeli Settlements in Occupied Arab Territories," L'Egypte Contemporaine, LXXVIeme, No. 402, October 1985. Pp. 5-28.
  30. "Petrodollar Surpluses: An Economic Overview," Energy and Economy: Global Interdependencies, edited by Mark Baier, International Association of Energy Economists, Vol. 12, June 1985. Pp. 35-71. An Arabic translation was published in Oil & Arab Cooperation, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Vol. 12, No.'s 3 & 4, 1986. Pp. 136-177.
  31. "Economics of Petrodollars," Papers & Proceedings of the Eighth Annual North American Conference, the Changing World Energy Economy, edited by David O. Wood, MIT, Cambridge Massachusetts May 1987. Pp. 36-40.
  32. "An Assessment of the Egyptian Economy," Egypt: Old Realities and New Vision, E.E. Azar & A.R. Omran, editors, University of Maryland, 1987. Pp. 22-29.
  33. "Egypt's Open Door Policy: An Economic Assessment," The Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Spring 1988. Pp. 73-77.
  34. "Ibn Khaldun: An Economic Philosopher", Al-Arabi, No. 343, June 1979. Pp. 18-22 (Arabic)
  35. "Where are the US-Arab Economic Relations Headed," Arab-American Association of North America, Vol. V, No. 1, March 1988. P. 4.
  36. "Ibn Khaldun: The Father of Economics", Arab Civilization, Challenges and Responses, edited by George N. Atiyeh and Ibrahim M. Oweiss, State University of New York Press, New York 1988. Pp. 112- 127.
  37. "U.S.-Arab Economic Interdependence", Impediments to, US-Arab Economic Relations edited by M. Ali Fekrat and James Spiegleman, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1989. Pp. 23-35.
  38. "Economics of Petrodollars", The Economic Dimensions of Middle Eastern History edited by Haleh Esfandiari and A. L. Udovitch, The Darwin Press Inc., New Jersey 1990. Pp. 179-197.
  39. "Egypt's Economy: The Pressing Issues", The Political Economy of Contemporary Egypt, edited by Ibrahim M. Oweiss, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1990. Pp. 3-49.
  40. "Economic Impact of the Gulf War", The Gulf Crisis: Background and Consequences, edited by Ibrahim Ibrahim, CCAS, GU, Washington, D.C., 1993, pp. 289-299.
  41. "Privatization in Egypt", ABANA, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1994.
  42. The Underground Economy with Special Reference to the Case of Egypt, National Bank of Egypt, Nubar Printing House, Cairo Egypt, December 1994
  43. "Recent Developments of Crude Oil Prices", Arab Bankers Association of North America, 1996, Vol.XIII, No. 3

BOOK REVIEWS:

  1. Milton Friedman's Dollars and Deficits: Inflation, Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments, The Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. VII, No. 3, September 1969. Pp. 839-841.
  2. Yusif A. Sayigh's The Determinants of Arab Economic Development, The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 13, No. 4, July 1979, Pp. 484-485.
  3. Charles Issawi's An Economic History of the Middle East, American-Arab Affairs, No. 3, Winter 1982-83. Pp. 123-124.
  4. Abdulaziz Al-Sowayegh's Arab Petro Politics, The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 6, August 1984. P. 7.
  5. Tawfiq Al-Hakim's The Return to Consciousness, The Middle East Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2, Spring 1986. Pp. 374-375.
  6. Mohammed E. Ahrari's OPEC; The Failing Giant, The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. XII, No. 2, Spring 1987. Pp. 302-303.
  7. Elias H. Tuma's, Economic and Political Change in the Middle East, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol 23, No. 4, November 1991
  8. F. A. Hayek's The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism, Al-Majal, No. 274, February 1994

EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR:

  1. The Dynamics of Arab-United States Economic Relations, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1980. Pp. xi, 91.
  2. Development of Egypt, World Wide Graphics, Inc., Washington, D.C. 1982. Pp. x, 364.
  3. Political Economy of Contemporary Egypt, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1990. Pp. xiii, 334.

COEDITOR:

  1. Arab Civilization, (joint editorship with George N. Atiyeh), State University of New York Press, New York 1988. Pp. xii, 365.
  2. Egypt Between Now and the Year 2000 (VI), Problems of Environment and Development, Proceedings of the Sixth Cairo Conference, The Association of Egyptian-American Scholars, December 27-30, 1984. Pp. 130.

CONTRIBUTOR:

  1. Forecasting GNP, Total Industrial Production, Industrial Production of Basic Metals and Metal Products of OECD Countries, DRI, New York, 1973 (Formulated the model of the study and supervised steps of its implementation)
  2. The Emerging Industrial Policy of the European Economic Community: Its Future Evolution and Impact on the Economic Interests of the United States, in three volumes, Department of State Contract No. 1722-320085. (Formulated theoretical framework and was responsible for statistical analysis). June 1975.

EDITOR OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARAB DEVELOPMENT: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1976-77)

  1. Technical Papers:
    1. Ibrahim M. Oweiss & J. EugPne Poirier, A Two-Sector Model of Capital Requirements and Technical Substitution with Special Application to the Egyptian Economy, Technical Paper No. 1, August 1976.
  2. Occasional Papers:
    1. Harry de Vries & Christopher A. Gebelein, Prospects for Continued OPEC Control of Oil Prices, Occasional Paper No. 1, November 1976.
    2. Jonathan Aitken, M.P., A British View of the Middle East Situation, Occasional Paper No. 2, December 1976.
  3. Seminar Papers:
    1. Halim Barakat, Visions of Social Reality in Contemporary Arab Novels, Seminar Paper No. 1, January 1977.
    2. Michael C. Hudson, The Precarious Republic Revisited: Reflections on the Collapse of Pluralist Politics in Lebanon, Seminar Paper No. 2, February 1977.

TESTIMONY BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

Testified on the subject of Oil Pricing in International Markets, August 6, 1984.

MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD:

  1. International Journal of Middle East Studies, (IJMES), for a three-year term (January 1, 1987 - December 31, 1989). IJMES is academically the first ranking journal in the field of Middle East Studies, published by Cambridge University.
  2. Cairo Papers in Social Sciences, American University in Cairo, (1986-1988).
  3. The Middle East Business and Economic Review, since 1988.
  4. Reader: The Journal of Developing Areas The International Journal of Middle East Studies
  1. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR CONFERENCES:
  2. Committee for Monetary Research and Education, Arden House, Columbia University, New York March 1974.
  3. Committee for Monetary Research and Education, Pepperdine University, California, May 1974.
  4. Association of Egyptian-American Scholars, Cairo, December 1974.
  5. Ninth Petroleum Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 10-16, 1975.
  6. Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, Economics & Business Management Division, Montreal, Canada Nov. 2- 5, 1975.
  7. Issues in Human Resource Development in the Arab World, Kuwait, December 1975.
  8. Conference on Economic Development of Egypt, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Feb. 26, 1976.
  9. Organized and chaired "U.S. - Arab Economic Relations", the first symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 1, 1976.
  10. Conference on Oil & The Third World, Temple University, Philadelphia, April 13, 1976.
  11. Conference on International Monetary Markets, New Orleans, September 16-19, 1976.
  12. Conference on Monetary Affairs, Cairo, Egypt January 15-16, 1977.
  13. "The Arab Future: Critical Issues", 2nd annual symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown. University, Washington, D.C., April 1, 1977.
  14. Conference on Technology Transfer in Transition, Washington D.C., December 7-8, 1977.
  15. Conference on Business Opportunities in the Middle East, Waldorf Astoria, New York, May 15, 1978.
  16. Conference on the Egyptian Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., September 21-22, 1978.
  17. Seminar on the Role of Multinational Corporations in the National Development Process, George Washington University, Washington D.C., October 26, 1978.
  18. Conference on Economic Development, UniversitJ Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, December 1978.
  19. First Arab Energy Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 4-9, 1979.
  20. Conference on Strategies for Economic Development, Asilah Morocco, July 21, 1979.
  21. Conference on International Investment Forum (II), San Francisco, September 5-8, 1979.
  22. Conference on Arab Brain Drain, United Nations Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon, February 4-8, 1980.
  23. Conference on Inflation and Productivity, Arden House, Columbia University, New York, March 21-23, 1980
  24. Symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 11, 1980.
  25. Conference of Georgia World Congress Institute, Atlanta Georgia, May 1, 1980.
  26. Conference on Monetary Alternatives in the United States, Committee for Monetary Research and Education, New York, July 23, 1980.
  27. Conference of Business Council for International Understanding, Fortworth Texas, September 25-26, 1980.
  28. Conference on Techniques of Planning, Secretariat d'Etat Au Plan et Au Developpement Regional, Rabat Morocco, October 28, 1980.
  29. Conference of the Committee for Monetary Research and Education, Arden House, Columbia University, New York, March 26-27, 1981.
  30. Symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 10, 1981.
  31. Conference on Economics of the Middle East, Tulsa Oklahoma, April 24, 1981
  32. Conference on Inflation and Recession in the American Economy, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, February 4-5, 1982.
  33. Conference on South-South Financial Cooperation with Special Reference to the Role of Arab Banking Institutions, Oxford University, November 10-12, 1982
  34. Conference on the International Debt Problem, Committee for Monetary Research and Education, New York, November 3, 1982.
  35. Conference on Development of the Middle East, American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird Arizona, February 19, 1983
  36. Conference on the Arab - U.S. Economic and Commercial Relations, Kuwait, May 24, 1984.
  37. Symposium on Financing Petroleum Projects, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 24, 1986.
  38. Conference on the Economic Dimensions of Middle Eastern History, Princeton University, May 24, 1986.
  39. Conference on the Afro-Arab Economic Relations, Asilah Morocco, August 24-26, 1986.
  40. MIT International Conference on Oil, Cambridge MA, November 19, 1986
  41. The Phillips Lectures at the Brookings Institution, December 15, 1986.
  42. Conference on Economic Development of Egypt, Cairo Egypt, December 28-30, 1986.
  43. United Nations Conference on Population, Cairo Egypt March 2, 1987.
  44. "Challenges To Gulf Stability", Annual Symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 23-24, 1987.
  45. "Symposium on U.S.-Arab Economic Relations", National Center for Export-Import Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., September 27-28, 1987.
  46. Conference on Economics of Oil, Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Riyadh Saudi Arabia, March 9, 1988.
  47. Symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 14, 1988
  48. International Atlantic Economic Conference, Imperial College, London, April 16-22, 1988.
  49. International Conference on Trade, Atlanta Georgia, November 28-30, 1988.
  50. Seminar on the Middle East, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., February 10, 1989.
  51. AAUG Annual Conference, Oil and the Arab Economies in the 1990's, Washington D.C., November 3, 1989.
  52. The Allied Social Sciences Annual Meetings, Atlanta Georgia, December 28, 1989.
  53. NAAA's Conference on U.S. - Arab Relations, Washington D.C., February 26, 1990.
  54. Conference of the International Association of Energy Economists, Copenhagen June 17-20, 1990.
  55. Symposium of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., May 3-4, 1990.
  56. CCAS Symposium on the Gulf Crisis, GU, Washington D.C., April 19, 1991
  57. CCAS Symposium on Arab Integration, "A Modality of Arab Economic Integration: The Arab Dinar", GU, Washington D.C., April 10, 1992
  58. Organized and addressed a one-day conference on Investment in the West Bank and Gaza, at the Grand Hotel, Washington, D.C., September 16, 1993.
  59. "Economic Implications of the PLO-Israeli Accord", NAAA's Annual convention, Oct. 29, 1993
  60. "Economics of Ibn Khaldun", The International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., January 5, 1994.
  61. The Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muscat Oman, February 12 - 15, 1994.
  62. Addressed the Convocation at Sultan Qaboos University, The Sultanate of Oman, Muscat Oman, April 16, 1994.
  63. "The World Trade Organization and its Impact on Developing Nations", Economic Symposium in Asilah, Morocco, August 1, 1994.
  64. "Economic Development in the Arab Countries in the 1990's", Rand, Santa Monica, California, Aug. 26, 1994.
  65. "The Underground Economy with Special Reference to the Case of Egypt", The Commemorative Lecture at The National Bank of Egypt, Cairo Egypt, December 19, 1994.
  66. "Economics of Information Technology", CCAS Symposium, Georgetown University, April 21, 1995.
  67. "Democracy and Economic Development in Egypt", Egyptian-American Cultural Association, Arlington VA, April 29, 1995.
  68. "A Critical Evaluation of the IMF Economic Reform for Morocco", May 8, 1995.
  69. "Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Use of Underground Water", International Conference on Space Remote Sensing for Environment and Development, Al-Akhawayn University, Ifran Morocco, October 17, 1995.
  70. "Regional Prospects for Economic Development in the Middle East", The World Bank-Middle East Institute Conference at The World Bank, November 20, 1995.
  71. "Stability and Reform in Egypt", The National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, D.C. December 1, 1995.
  72. With Professor J. Ruedy, planned, organized and co- chaired the Conference on Moroccan-European Relations, CCAS, Georgetown University, December 11, 1995.
  73. "Egypt's Informal Economy", The Allied Social Sciences Meetings in San Francisco, January 5, 1996.
  74. "Egypt's Economic Reforms in the Aftermath of Elections and the New Cabinet", CCAS Georgetown University, February 14, 1996.
  75. "Egypt's Informal Economy Revisited", Symposium on The State and Informal Economies in the Middle East and North Africa, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, February 22-23, 1996.
  76. "Economic Impact of the Gulf War after Five Years", CCAS, Georgetown University, Mach 4, 1996.
  77. "Prospects for Economic Development in Egypt", Egyptian-American Cultural Association, Arlington VA, March 16, 1996.
  78. "Arab Monetary Reform", Arab Monetary Fund, Abu Dhabi UAE, March 19, April 24, May 15, 1996.
  79. Asilah's Symposium, August 2 - 5, 1996 Asilah, Morocco
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