Dr. Rania Al-Mashat… with international experience and economic contributions
Dr. Rania Al-Mashat… with international experience and economic contributions
In a few days, “International Women’s Day will come upon us. This occasion, which falls on the eighth of March every year, is celebrated by the United Nations and UNICEF, in addition to a large number of institutions and countries around the world, in order to highlight the effective role of women in sustainable development, support the empowerment of women, enhance their rights and protect them in a way that ensures the fulfillment of the aspirations and hopes of both parts of the world. Society.
In this year’s celebration,Earth Guards participates by highlighting a group of the most prominent Egyptian female role models, who were able to go beyond the limits of societal expectations, to achieve many achievements on the scientific and practical levels. Therefore, we will take you on a short trip over the coming days to get to know these honorable models, in an effort by the magazine to inspire all women and support Empowering them and highlighting their role in achieving sustainable development, and the heroine of this article is Dr. Rania Al-Mashat.
Dr. Rania Al-MashatShe has been the Minister of International Cooperation in Egypt since December 2019, and she was also the first Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in the history of Egypt. Al-Mashat has more than 20 years of international experience in central banking, monetary policy frameworks, climate finance, and international cooperation policies and strategies.
AsMinister of International Cooperation, Al-Mashat represents Egypt at several international financial institutions, including the World Bank Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and many others.
During her prominent professional journey, Al-Mashat was able to reserve a prominent place for herself in the most prominent institutions. Perhaps one of the most prominent glimpses of this is her membership in the UNICEF Gen U Global Leadership Council. She is also a founding member of the Global Alliance for Energy for People and Planet (GEAPP), a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a former advisor to the International Monetary Fund, head of the Monetary Policy Department at the Central Bank of Egypt, and a member of the Audit Committee of the Egyptian Stock Exchange.
On the scientific side, Al-Mashat holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland in the United States. She is also an assistant professor of economics at the American University in Cairo, in addition to many contributions to a number of important economic newspapers.
In addition, Al-Mashat launched the book “Stakeholder Engagement through Economic Diplomacy” for the London School of Economics in June 2021, and she also wrote several chapters in the IMF book “Developing the Limits of Monetary Policy,” which was published in 2008.
One of Al-Mashat’s notable contributions has been through her work at a comprehensive international advisory level to transform climate-related pledges into implementable projects in developing countries and economies in transition and producing the “Sharm El-Sheikh Guide to Fair Finance.”
