Cyrus Sassanpour

Expertise: 

• macroeconomics
• macroeconomic modeling
• economics of oil producers
• public finance

Background:

Current Positions:

• CASE Fellow,
• Senior Advisor to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, since 2018.

Previous Positions:

• Consultant on Monetary Policy at Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Cairo (2009),
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) (1983-2008),
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Vienna (1977-1982), 
• Research Fellow and Lecturer at Graduate School of International Studies (Geneva) (1976-1977),
• Research and teaching associate at Londond School of Economics and Political Science (1975-1976).

Selected Publications:

• “Labor Market Pressures in Egypt: Why is the Unemployment Rate Stubbornly High?”, with Mohamed Hassan, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, July 2008
• “Labor Market Challenges and Policies in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries”, published by International Monetary Fund, 1997
• “GCC’s Macroeconomic Strategies: Toward the 21st Century”, with Mohamed El-Erian, published in Gulf Economies: Strategies for Growth in the 21st Century, Georgetown University, 1997
• “Policy Challenges in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries”, published by the International Monetary Fund, 1996
• “Financial, Exchange Rate, and Wage Policies in Singapore, 1979-86”, with Ichani, published in Macroeconomic Models for Adjustment in Developing Countries, International Monetary Fund, 1991 
• “Adjustment to a Foreign Exchange Shock: Iran 1951-53”, with Patrick Clawson, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1987
• “An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Monetary Disequilibria in Open Economies”, with Jeffrey Sheen, the Journal of Monetary Economics, 1984