Salim Araji
Functional Title:
Economics Affairs officer
Institution:
ESCWA - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Email Address:
araji@un.org
Phone Number:
+961 3 734 112
Bio
Dr. Salim Araji is an Economist at the UN-Economic and Social Commission for western Asia (ESCWA). His research agenda at ESCWA is focused on employment creation, skills matching and economic diversification. Dr. Araji is currently leading ESCWA’s future of work initiative and the ESCWA skills monitor to see the relation between Arab skills and jobs and the Fourth Industrial Revolution using state-of-the-art Machine learning techniques. He has multiple academic publications on economic growth, macroeconomics and the macroeconomic effect of natural resource revenues. He is an associate research fellow at the Economic Research Forum (ERF). He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin with a special interest in macroeconomics, economic development and growth. He also has an MBA in finance and a bachelor’s degree in finance.
Dr. Salim Araji is an Economist at the UN-Economic and Social Commission for western Asia (ESCWA). His research agenda at ESCWA is focused on employment creation, skills matching and economic diversification. Dr. Araji is currently leading ESCWA’s future of work initiative and the ESCWA skills monitor to see the relation between Arab skills and jobs and the Fourth Industrial Revolution using state-of-the-art Machine learning techniques. He has multiple academic publications on economic growth, macroeconomics and the macroeconomic effect of natural resource revenues. He is an associate research fellow at the Economic Research Forum (ERF). He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin with a special interest in macroeconomics, economic development and growth. He also has an MBA in finance and a bachelor’s degree in finance.
Economic
Years of experience 11-15 Years
Economic field:
Economic Diversification & Private Sector Development, Economic Modeling, Fiscal Management & Policies
Additional fields of expertise:
Labor economics , Machine Learning Technology and Data
Years of experience 11-15 Years
SDGs Expertise:
Countries of Expertise:
- Capacity building
- Communication
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Resource mobilization
- Strategic planning
- Team management
| Degree Title | University | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| P.Hd | University of Wisconsin | 2014-05-10 |
| Title | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| MAchine learning for economists |
| Title | URL | Author/Co-Author |
|---|---|---|
| Natural resources incentives and human capital: Reinterpreting the curse | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17938120.2018.1443992?journalCode=rmdj20 | Co-Author |
| Natural resource revenues: Effect on the pattern of domestic investments relative to international assets investments | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10368-017-0379-1 | Author |
| Targeting debt in Lebanon using a structural macro-econometric model | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17938120.2019.1583508?journalCode=rmdj20 | Co-Author |
