| Intro | Egyptian sociologist and economist | ||
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Economist Sociologist |
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| From | Egypt | ||
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Finance Social science |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 20 August 1944 | ||
| Age: | 75 years | ||
| Star sign | Leo | ||
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Nader Abd-Elmaksoud Fergany is an Egyptian sociologist and economist. He is director of the Egyptian research center Al-Mishkat.
Life
Fergany was born on August 20, 1944, in Giza. He obtained his bachelors degree in 1963 at the faculty of Economics and Political science of Cairo University. He continued his study at the University of North Carolina and received his Ph.D. there in 1970.
Fergany published in the field of demography, migration, labor market, education and development, in Egypt and other Arab countries.
He effectuated research for a great number of Egyptian and international institutes. He is advisor for many Arab and international organizations, like the National Planning Institute, the National Population Council, the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics and the American University, all in Cairo. Furthermore, he did research for the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics in Baghdad, the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait and St Antony’s College in Oxford in the UK.