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Walaa Talaat

Economics Departament · Faculty of Business, Ain Shams University

https://researchid.co/walaa.talaat
@asu.edu.eg
1Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Research interests • Social policy in the MENA region • Social protection • Welfare theory • Definitions of Poverty and Wellbeing • Targeting Methods

Biography

Walaa Talaat is a lecturer of economics and international development at Faculty of Business, Ain Shams University. Walaa has a PhD in development economics from the University of East Anglia (UEA), School of International Development, United Kingdom. Her research looked at social policy, social protection, poverty and vulnerability in Egypt using mixed method approach. She works closely with a range of national and regional development agencies. I enjoy engaging in cross-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research and primary data collection.

Education

PhD in Economics and International Development, UK

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. The targeting effectiveness of Egypt’s Food Subsidy Programme: Reaching the poor?
    International Social Security Review, 2018

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