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Three years of passion...
ELITE Three years of passion...

ability to logical analysis and sequencing in the presentation of
topics, and impartiality and objectivity, as I experienced many
changes with the accumulation of knowledge from the
economics department.

● How was your relationship with the professors, and to
whom Dr. Laila is Grateful?
Dr Refat Mahgoub was the decisive factor in my entry to the
college, and therefore he is the most influential person, And of
course, Dr. Hana Khair El-Din, who pushed me to work hard
and advance in scientific research because she always wanted
us to work in a way that resembles perfection, which made her

ask us for more, and many professors who have influenced me
positively through my association with them, such as Dr.
Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil, My class in economics was specialized ● what is Your vision of the current Egyptian
by a small number of students, as we were 45 students, which economy, in addition to clarifying the
provided us the opportunity to make close relations with our relationship of the report published on human
professors and work to share and correct our ideas. development 2021 with the current state of the
I am so grateful to Dr. Hana khair El-Din As she was the head economy.
of the economics department at the time when I worked as a
university professor and she was very demanding where she This report has a particular importance because
was urging me to develop myself and was confident in my since 2010, economic, social and political data
abilities and because of her I got my promotions in college on and information that occur in Egyptian society
the specified dates as well as she nominated me for three of my during a certain year have been collected, and
researches to the Ministry of Culture so that I could take the there was no release of this report except in 2021,
State Appreciation Award without telling me, I owe a lot in my meaning that from 2010 until 2020, no human
life to Dr. Hana.
development report was issued, It was issued in
● We would like you to talk about your experience of being 2021 in cooperation between three parties, firstly,
a member of the Central Bank of Egypt and the Egyptian the United Nations Development Program, which
Banking Institute, and what this added to you? finances it, and second, it asks independent
I consider myself very fortunate to be given this opportunity researchers to write it and develop a plan for
and I did not know who nominated me for this position, but I
consider this experience to be one of the most successful and distributing work between a large working group,
enriching experiences for my personality. As our studies in and thirdly, the Ministry of Planning is
college are largely theoretical, and I was majoring in responsible for the data taken from the Central
macroeconomics, which means that I had theoretical knowledge Agency for Mobilization and Statistics
about monetary policies, operating policies, trade and (CAPMAS).This year’s report is called “El
investment, but dealing with reality and participating in
decision-making was a new experience and greatly matured me Masirah w El Masar” and it thus presents two
and affected my analytical information, Also, the Monetary goals: the development of the Egyptian economy
Policy Committee, which met every six weeks and was working during the previous ten years, with a focus on the
on setting the interest rate, made me feel the importance of that period from 2014 to the current situation. It was
responsibility entrusted to me, as discussions were going on for not satisfied with this only, but also mentions the
more than three hours so that each of us could present his views challenges facing the currently implemented
and justifications so that he could take the decision. I did not
feel a big gap between the academic side and the practical side programs to improve the state of the economy,
for me,as the Central Bank is an institution based entirely on ensure its continuity and achieve its goals, and
scientific research, but the actual difference was crystallized in thus It draw the path for the country and is a good
the sensitivity of dealing with matters, the situation and data, starting point for the future as we have two
and the speed in taking decisions on time. governing points for the future: Egypt's 2030
Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals

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