Racha Helwa

Biography

Racha Helwa is an assistant professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration of the School of Global Affairs. She obtained her PhD in economic ppolicy from the University of Cambridge and she holds two master's degrees in international political economy from the London School of Economics, and in finance, banking and risk management from the University of Paris. She has fifteen years of work experience in Egypt, France and the United Kingdom where she worked in academia, private sector and government. She has specialized in economic policy, economic development and foreign direct investment. Her research focuses on economic policy in developing countries, particularly those from the Middle East and North Africa region. She has contributed to research published by the UNDP on Business Solutions for Human Development, and she is currently working on a research paper on Green Finance in cooperation with the World Bank. She is also preparing to publish a book on the determinants of foreign direct investment in the service inustries of Egypt where she focuses on four industries: oil and gas, construction and real estate, banking and finance, and telecommunication and information technology.

Research Interest

Public Policy Analysis, Finance for Policy Analysis, Government Interventions in Market-Oriented Economy