Dr. Massoud Karshenas is Professor of Economics at the University of London. He is also a Fellow of the Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Turkey and Iran (ERF). His research interests include, political economy of the Middle East, poverty and environment in Least Developed Countries, economics of technological change, and intersectoral resource flows.

 

His publications include:

 

Books:
2000. (with H Hakimian) Dilemmas and Prospects for Economic Reform and Reconstruction in Iran, 50-75pp. Tauris Publishers: London. ISBN 1860644643.

 

Chapter in books:
2003. 'Globalization and Structural Change in Africa: Is the Asian Model Relevant?', in ed(s) eds. J Ghosh and CP Chandrasekhar Work and Well Being in the Age of Finance, pp.257-287. Tulika Books (India). ISBN 8185229708.
2001. 'Structural Obstacles to Economic Adjustment in the MENA Region: The International Trade Aspects’', in ed(s) eds. H. Hakimian, Z. Moshaver The State and Global Change: the Political Economy of Transition in the Middle East and North Africa, pp.59-80. Curzon Press (UK). ISBN 0700713654.
2001. 'Economic Liberalization, ‘Competitiveness, and Women’s Employment in the Middle East and North Africa', in ed(s) ed. D. Salehi-Isfahani Labour and Human Capital in the Middle East, pp.92-147. Ithaca Press (UK). ISBN 0863722954.
2000. 'Aid Effectiveness, Coordination Failures, and Ownership', The Least Developed Countries 2000 Report: The Challenge of Financing Development in the LDCs, pp.171-207. UNCTAD: Geneva. ISBN 92-1-112491-3.
1997. 'Macroeconomic Policies, Structural Change and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa', in ed(s) eds. A Khan/M Moqtada Employment Expansion and Macroeconomic Stability under Increasing Globalization, pp.320-396. Macmillan (London-Basingstoke). ISBN 0 333 65538 9.
1997. 'Structural Adjustment and the Iranian Economy', in ed(s) ed. N Shafiq Economic Challenges Facing Middle East and North African Countries, pp.202-224. Macmillan (London-Basingstoke). ISBN 0-333-71398-2.

 

Journal articles:
2003. 'Global Poverty: National Accounts Based versus Survey Based Estimates', Development and Change, vol. 34 (4): 673-812.
2002. 'The Nature and Dynamics of Poverty in the LDCs', The Least Developed Countries 2002 Report: Attacking poverty in the LDCs, vol. Ch.1, Part 2: 39-67.
2002. 'Generalized poverty, domestic resource availability and economic growth', The Least Developed Countries 2002 Report: Attacking poverty in the LDCs, vol. Ch.2 Part 2,: 69-100.
2001. (with V.M. Moghadam) 'Female Labour Force Participation and Economic Adjustment in the MENA Region', Research in Middle East Economics, 4: 51-74.
2001. 'Agriculture and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia', Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 25 (no.3): 315-342.
2000. 'Oil and Economic Development in Iran since the Revolution', The Dynamics of Iranian National Economy,, 41-92.
2000. 'Labour Market Flexibility and Economic Adjustment: A Cross-Regional and Cross-Country Analysis 9938', The Economic Research Forum for Aran Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF) Working paper, 1-56.
2000. 'Domestic Resource Mobilization, External Finance and Vulnerability', The Least Developed Countries 2000 Report: The Challenge of Financing Development in the LDCs, 25-52.
2000. 'Relative Prices and the International Comparison of Real Agricultural Output and Productivity', The Journal of Peasant Studies, 27 ( no.4): 112-138.
2000. 'Relative Prices and the International Comparison of Real Agricultural Output and Productivity', The Journal of Peasant Studies, 27 no 4: 112-138.
1996. 'Dynamic Economies and the Critique of Urban Bias', Journal of Peasant Studies, 24, no.1&2: 60-102.