Middle East & North Africa Corporate Governance & Financial Markets

Principal Investigator on University of Sussex Research Development Fund funded project entitled "Middle Eastern financial markets". This amounted to an Award of GBP 3,000 for duration of 1 year. However, this is part of a much bigger data collection project encompassing the entire Middle East & North African region. Please see below for details regarding this:

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) firm governance and financing:
Time scale: 03/2016 – current
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Status: Data collection only
Funding: £15,000-£20,000 from internal university sources (Research Development Funds and Research Budgets)
Data collection: Extensive travel for interviews with national stock exchanges of
Morocco: Marrakech financial district, Marrakech  [4/2019]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [4/2018]
Kuwait: Kuwait stock exchange, Kuwait  [4/2018]
UAE: ADX Abu Dhabi securities exchange, Abu Dhabi  [1/2018]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [1/2018]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [10/2017]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [9/2017]
Algeria: Bourse d’Alger, Algiers city  [8/2017]
UAE: ADX Abu Dhabi securities exchange, Abu Dhabi  [7/2017]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [7/2017]
Lebanon: Beirut stock exchange, Beirut  [4/2017]
Jordan: Amman stock exchange, Amman  [4/2017]
UAE: ADX Abu Dhabi stock exchange, Abu Dhabi  [4/2017]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [4/2017]
Bahrain: Bahrain exchange, financial harbour, Bahrain  [1/2017]
UAE: ADX Abu Dhabi securities exchange, Abu Dhabi  [12/2016]
UAE: Dubai financial market, Dubai  [12/2016]
UAE: Dubai financial market, Dubai  [9/2016]
UAE: Dubai financial market, Dubai  [8/2016]
Afghanistan: Da Afghanistan Bank, Kabul  [8/2016]
Kuwait: Kuwait stock exchange, Kuwait  [3/2016]
Qatar: Qatar stock exchange, Doha  [3/2016]
UAE: Dubai financial market, Dubai  [3/2016]
Afghanistan: Da Afghanistan Bank, Kabul  [1/2016]
Turkey: Istanbul financial centre  [12/2015]
UAE: Dubai financial market, Dubai  [5/2015]
Qatar: Qatar stock exchange, Doha  [5/2015]
Afghanistan: Da Afghanistan Bank, Kabul  [4/2015]
Morocco: Fez and Tangier financial districts  [4/2014]
Turkey: Istanbul stock exchange  [7/2013]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [5/2013]
Morocco: Bourse de Casablanca, Casablanca  [10/2012]
Morocco: Marrakech financial district, Marrakech  [10/2012]
Oman: Muscat securities exchange, Ruwi, Muscat  [9/2011]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [9/2011]
UAE: Dubai financial centre, Dubai  [12/2009]
Morocco: Bourse de Casablanca, Casablanca  [3/2008]
Egypt: EGX Egyptian exchange Cairo floor, Cairo  [2/2008]
Egypt: EGX Egyptian exchange Alexandria floor, Alexandria  [2/2008]
Tunisia: Bourse de Tunis, Tunis  [1/2008]

Coverage: Algeria, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Nasdaq Dubai, Oman, Palestinian West Bank; Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia

Data: Led acquisition of individual firm annual reports and annual financial statements from each individual national stock exchange, national regulatory agency and individual firms for:
- 1,250 listed firms for 7 years per firm (from 2010 to 2017)
- Approximately 12,500 firm-year observations