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Ramadan Hamed

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Ramadan Hamed is a senior research scientist at the Social Research Center at The American University in Cairo since 2002. He received his PhD in statistics from Cairo University in 1987, where he works as a professor in the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science. He has worked as director of the Center for Surveys and Statistical Applications at Cairo University and served as deputy director for El-Zanaty and Associates for Studies, Research and Consultation, which conducted different rounds of the Egypt Demographic and Health Survey. He has over 30 years of experience in social research design and planning in different areas such as investment, education, population, gender and poverty. Specifically, he has been the principal investigator for the series of Investment Climate Assessment Studies (six rounds from 2004 to 2025) conducted in collaboration with the World Bank and the Ministry of Investment. His experience includes quantitative and qualitative survey design and planning, sample design and selection, instrument development (questionnaires, in-depth interview guides, focus group guides and similar tools), training, fieldwork coordination, statistical data analysis, report writing, writing scientific papers and preparing presentations.

Hamed has been principal investigator of many projects conducted in collaboration with the World Bank, Ford Foundation, AIID, John Snow and Population Council, as well as several ministries, including the Ministry of Investment, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.

Hamed's research interests include education, family planning, reproductive health, investment, environment and agriculture. Specifically, he has been the coordinator of the Forum of Arab Parliamentarians on Population and Development. In addition, he participated in conducting A Longitudinal Survey of Egyptian Healthy Aging, the Egypt Demographic and Health Survey and other health and population studies. His experience includes assessing human development indicators at the governorate level in Egypt.