Ragui Assaad is a professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, where he chairs the Global Policy area and co-chairs the Master of Development Practice program. He has been a Research Fellow of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) since 1994 and currently serves as its thematic leader for Labor and Human Resource Development and as a member of its board of trustees. His current research focuses on education and labor markets in the Arab World.


Mongi Boughzala is a professor of economics at the University of Tunis El-Manar, where he chaired the Department of Economics and then served as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business administration. His main professional interests are in macroeconomic policy, public economics, monetery economics, and labor economics. He has been a research fellow and member of the board of trustees of the Economic Research Forum and an active and board member of the FEMISE mediterranean economic research network.

Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota
Abdelwahab Ben Hafaiedh, University of Tunis
Ines Bouassida, University of Tunis
Mongi Boughzala, University of Tunis El Manar
Donia Smaali Bouhlila, University of Tunis El Manar
Anda David, Agence Francaise de Developpement
Abdel Rahmen El Lahga, University of Tunis
Sofiane Ghali, University of Tunis
Samir Ghazouani, University of Manouba
Mohamed Goaied, Qatar University
Lucia Hanmer, The World Bank
Caroline Krafft, St. Catherine University
Imed Limam, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Mohamed Ali Marouani, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi, Manouba University, Tunisia
Mouez Soussi, University of Carthage
Edinaldo Tebaldi, The World Bank
Dorte Verner, The World Bank
Habib Zitouna, University of Carthage