This curriculum vitae outlines Engi Gamal Eldin's educational and professional background. She holds a Master's degree in Development Policy from KDI School of Public Policy and Management in South Korea. Her professional experience includes positions at the Cabinet of Information & Decision Support Center in Egypt, where she conducted research and designed surveys on topics related to higher education, ICT access, and economic indicators. She has received several awards and scholarships for her research work.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
I. PERSONAL INFORMATION:
NAME : Engi Gamal Eldin
DATE OF BIRTH : 16/11/1981 (November 16th,1981)
NATIONALITY : Egyptian
SEX : Female
E-MAIL ADDRESS : imgamaleldin@gmail.com
imgamaleldin@kdis.ac.kr
SKYPE : imgamaleldin
II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
- Participated in East Asia Regional Impact Evaluation Workshop, Evaluating the
Impact of Development Programmes: Turning Promises into Evidence, World Bank
and the Korea Development Institute ‘KDI’ with generous support from the Strategic
Impact Evaluation Fund ‘SIEF’, South Korea, Seoul, May 05 – 09, 2014.
- Master’s of Development Policy (2014) at KDI School of Public Policy and
Management , with a 1st concentration in Development Track and 2nd concentration in
Public Finance and Social Policies.
GPA: 3.64/4 - Received academic excellence in Summer Semester.
Thesis: The impact of cost sharing on quality of Egypt’s Public Universities
Completion Courses:
– Analysis of Market and Public
Policy.
– Introduction to Development
Policy.
– Labor Economics and Public
Policy.
– Market Economy and
Government.
– Econometrics 1. [Cross-sectional
Data]
– Economic Growth.
– Human Capital and Economic
Development.
– Monitoring and Evaluation for
Public Policy.
– Econometrics 2. [Panel Data and
Timerseries Data]
– Taxation and Fiscal Management.
– Policies for Development.
– Analysis of Education Policy in
Comparative Prespective.
– Thesis Writing.
– Advanced Research Seminar.
– Korean Lanaguage and Culture 1.
– Language in Public Policy and
Management.
Preparing my thesis in the department of Applied Statistics (2010 – 2012) at
Institute of Statistical Studies and research "ISSR" (Cairo University).
Preliminary Masters in Applied Statistics (2009) at Institute of Statistical Studies and
research "ISSR" (Cairo University).
Double Major in Statistics (2005) from Institute of Statistical Studies and research
"ISSR" (Cairo University).
B.Sc. Economics (May 2003) from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science
(Cairo University), with a minor in Statistics.
III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
FULL-TIME JOBS:

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- October 1, 2014 to Present:
The Cabinet of Information & Decision Support Center (IDSC)
www.idsc.gov.eg
Position: Senior Economic Researcher
Modeling and Decision Support Unit
Develop innovative methods to support policy and planning by statitical analysis,
econometrics, simulation models, and system dynamic models. The main responsibility
is to conduct research on themes related to macroecnomics, labor economics and
economics of education. The main responsibilities under the supervision of consultants
is to estimate Computable general equilbrium models in order to estimate how Egypt's
economy react to changes in policy in terms of increasing the FDI, and its impact on
GDP, and GDP per capita. Moreover, Identifying the main factors affecting school to
work transition in the engineering sector in Egypt using a Multinomial Logit regression.
- March 1, 2014 to September 30, 2014:
The Cabinet of Information & Decision Support Center (IDSC)
www.idsc.gov.eg
Position: Senior Economic Researcher
Population & Sustainable Development
Design of thematic mapping decision-making support system for higher education and
pre-university education statistics alongside. Today, in the process of geographical
information system's rapid development, the great advantages of thematic maps in the
information transmission, storage, conversion and display have become essential tools
and means in investigations and studies, analysis and evaluation, forecasting, planning
and design, command and management. This database is intended to bridge the gaps in
terms of disaggregated statistics availability, timelines and consistency for decision
making support in different sectors for the purpose of developping macroeconomic and
sectoral development policies on the governorates’ level in Egypt. In order to maintain
the sustainable development goals coincided with integrating the population
considerations.
- March 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012:
The Cabinet of Information & Decision Support Center (IDSC)
www.idsc.gov.eg
Position: Project Manager Assistant
Developing Higher Education Statistics Portal in Egypt "Project
funded by Ford foundation"
www.higheducation.idsc.gov.eg
Building up an integral database on higher education system in Egypt, to make it
available to broad number of users with premium quality, timely and useful data.
Besides building up quantiative and qualitative indicators whether simple or composite
based on UNESCO technical mannuals and others.
The main target for this project is to offer a broad array of statistics, indicators,
researches, polls and surveys and analytic studies from diverse sources on Egypt
whether provided by IDSC or others, to provide users the options of accessing resources
and studying current situations, as well as supporting decision makers in proposing
viable policy solutions for higher education development in Egypt.
Participated in desigining surveys and polls to gauge the views of teaching staff,
students, graduates, and business owners on higher education issues in Egypt.

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Analyzing the useful data by presenting information objectively, in ways that make
statistics more clearer and useful.
Launching higher education reports and studies needed for higher education
development in Egypt.
Main Work Achivements during this period is as follows;
 Reporting and analyzing an “Analytical Report to view disaggregated
indicators measuring the views of students on higher education issues in
Egypt”, June 2011. (Report in Arabic and Executive Summary in English),
This report aimed at identifying the views of universities/ private higher
institutes’ students in higher education issues in Egypt, and assessing the degree
of their satisfaction on the current situation and on higher education issues in
general, and also to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the higher education
system in Egypt, which will enable us to enhance the performance and to take
positive steps towards the achievement of progress in this area.
 Reporting and analyzing an “Analytical Report to view disaggregated
indicators measuring the views of business owners on labor market
requirements and consistency of higher education outputs in Egypt”, May
2011. (Report in Arabic and Executive Summary in English and Arabic).
This report aimed at developing bundle of disaggregated indicators to realize the
compatibility between outputs of the educational system and labor market needs
in Egypt in order to identify the selection methods and criteria of new hires, the
preference of employers for overseas graduates, the difficulties and problems they
face when selecting new employees, and their assessment of the level of higher
education graduates.
 Reporting a policy paper “Choosing academic leaderships and the decision
making method in Egyptian Universities”, April 2011. (Policy Paper in Arabic),
 Launching the “National Higher Education Statistics Portal” in the IDSC’s
Silver Juible, Dec. 2010. (Launched in Arabic and English Language), and
 Reporting and analyzing an “Analytical Report to view disaggregated
indicators measuring the views of academic staff on higher education issues
in Egypt”, Nov. 2010. (Report in Arabic and Executive Summary in English),
This report analyzed the results of the aggregation indicators measuring the views
of academic staff in higher education issues in Egypt by every higher education
institution represented in the sample, and tested the significant differences
between the equivalent faculties in each academic sector by using Analysis of
Variance Technique (ANOVA).
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- July 15th, 2009 to February 28, 2010:
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) www.mcit.gov.eg
Position: Senior Statistical and Economic Researcher
Information Center – International Organization Department
www.egyptictindicators.gov.eg
Running up surveys’ steps and guidelines which meets the goals of the project
determined, besides designing questionnaires taking into account the statistical
requirements of data users, administrative requirements of the survey organization, and
the requirements for data processing, as well as the nature and characteristics of the
respondent population.
In addition to choosing the best methods to withdraw samples, choosing the
interviewing methodology, in addition to do Pre-test and check the quality of data
entered besides conducting results and analyze data using different statistical tools such
as; SPSS 17, Eviews. Main Work Achivements during this period was as follows;

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 Measuring ICT Access and usage within households, & individuals in Egypt
through conducting survey results and tackling up indicators’ change annually,
 Measuring ICT Access and usage within private sector enterprises in Egypt
through conducting survey results and tackling up indicators’ change annually,
 Designing the questionnaire "Mobile Data Service Survey" which focuses on
the usage patterns and behaviors of Operator Subscribers, their willingness to pay
for wireless data services, as well as their preferences and interests when buying a
new wireless phone.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
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within pre-higher education students”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within pre-higher education teachers”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within pre-higher education adminstratives”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within pre-higher education school directors”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within higher education students”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within higher education academic staff”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within higher education adminstratives”.
 Designing the questionnaire “Measuring impact of ICT access and usage
within higher education deans”.
- September 25, 2004 to July 1, 2009:
The Cabinet of Information & Decision Support Center (IDSC)
www.idsc.gov.eg
Position: Economic Researcher
Information Analysis Department – Developing Indicies Unit
Building up economic and social indicators whether simple or composite using either
Factor Analysis, or Conference Board Methodology or other international methods used
to measure up and tackle economic and social performance on a quarterly or monthly
basis using statistical, and economic packages such as; SPSS 17, Eviews.
Investigating methods of evaluating data quality to meet the original objectives of the
statistical activity.
Analyzing data by transforming raw data into useable information and documenting
reports and studies. Besides preparing economic studies, designing surveys, and poll
questionnaires and responding to emergency tasks asked from the head of the cabinet.
Main Work Achivements during this period was as follows;
 Designing a poll on Some University and Higher Institutes Graduates to
measure their views on the Compatibility of Educational Outputs with the
Needs of the Labor Market.
This poll aimed to measure how some universities and higher institutes graduates'
benefit from their studies, identify their views concerning the consistency
between their field of study and their current work, as well as to know their
suggestions for curriculum development.
 Designing a poll on Business Owners' Poll about Graduates' Competence
with Labor Market Needs, June 2009.
This poll aimed at identifying the selection methods and criteria of new hires, the
preference of employers for overseas graduates, the difficulties and problems,
they face when selecting new employees, and their assessment of the level of
higher education graduates.

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 Constructing set of composite and simple indicators measuring the views of
universities and higher institutes' students on higher education issues in Egypt.
 Building up set of composite and simple indicators measuring the views of
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teaching staff on higher education issues in Egypt.
 Computing Administrative Corruption Indcies in Egypt “2nd ROUND”.
 Computing Overall Hapiness Index for Egypt "World Value Survey 2008".
 Constructing Subsidy Composite Indcies for Egypt.
 Computing Arab Reform Observatory Indcies “1ST ROUND”.
 Constructing Foreign Trade Indcies (Exports & Imports) in Egypt.
 Updating and Computing Financial Performance Index in Egypt.
 The Egyptian Industry Barometer.
Training field researcher on filling up questionnaire, data collection with CEO's,
and analysis.
- September 1, 2004 to September 23, 2004:
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT)
Position: Developer
Task was to build up an economic database using Microsoft Access to extract reports
concerning Monetary Fund Revenues.
V. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
- Member of the network "Higher Education Access in the Arab World".
- Representative, KDI Alumni of Egypt.
VI. AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:
- Training to Engaged Research: Proposal Writing and Research Design Seminars
in Social Sciences, Arab Families Working Group "AFWG" funded by the Cairo Office,
Ford Foundation, Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 24 - 26, 2014. Presented by Prof. Saud Joseph,
University of California, Davis.
- Higher Education and Social Inequality: Models, Tools and Transfers in
Comparative Perspective (The U.S. and Egypt), A Model Mentorship Program,
Social Science Research Council “SSRC”, New York, July 2011 – Dec. 2012. The
Model Mentorship Training Program is funded by a grant to the SSRC’s Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) Program from the Ford Foundation – Cairo. The training
program includes the following activities:
 A series of workshops in Cairo to be adressing the litreature on higher
education, equity and access; assessing the current moment transformation of
higher education in Egypt and its implications for the access and success of
disadvantaged student.
 Mentoring to support the production of deliverables, including: a literature
review, methodology outline, data presentation, short evaluation papers, and
research paper that would be publishable in a peer-reviewed journal.
 An 8 week study at New York University to include lectures and presentations
by experienced faculty, seminars for group discussion, practicum im
methodological and conceptual issues, research and analysis assignments,
writing and presentation drills and information visits to departments,
institutions and programs concerned with higher education.
- Methodology of the Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE), Population Council,
Cairo, Oct. 31st – Nov. 3rd, 2011. The Education Program covered the following main
topics:

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 Overview: Conducting a Nationally Representative Household Survey (Sample
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design, Sampling frame, Calculating the appropriate sample size.
 Sampling & Sample weights (Steps of drawing the sample, combining sepreate
frames, design weights, non-response rates, probit models)
 Sources for Questionnaire Design (previous surveys & compatibility issues,
Internationally-used instruments, Qualitative work, and Expert consultation),
 Question Sequencing and Flow (Questionnaire skip patterns, and Dealing with
sensitive topics),
 Pre-Testing and Revision (Selecting pre-test sites and groups, Implementing the
pre-test, and revising the questionnaire),
 Field Work Preparation & Survey Implementation (Planing and traning the data
collection, Quality control in the field and office),
 Data Entry (Program design, Validation rules, and Data cleaning), and
 Designing a Quantitative Research Project.
- The use of the Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE), Population Council, Cairo,
17 – 21 July, 2011. The Education Program covered the following main topics:
 Introducing the SYPE survey,
 Research Methods,
 Using the SYPE data,
 Introduction to STATA,
 Presenting Data and Regression,
 Survival Anayisis,
 Probit/ Logit Regression
 Using the SYPE Employment Module,
 Using the SYPE Education Module,
 Using the SYPE Health Module.
- GAPP Executive Education Program "Advanced research skills for IDSC
Researchers", School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in
Cairo, Cairo, October 17 – December 22, 2010. The Education Program covered the
following main topics:
 Public policy process,
 Pubic policy models,
 Structuring public policy issues,
 Approaches to forecast policy outcomes,
 Communicating public policy,
 Introducing qualitative research, difference between qualitative and quantitative
research and understanding and evaluating qualitative research,
 Conducting effective interviews, and designing a qualitative study,
 Moderating effective focus group discussions.
 Analyzing data and the write-up of results
 New concepts in development
 Advanced research skills
 Performance management
 Statistical techniques in economic analysis (Surveys Design with Applications
in Economic Areas, Sampling, Correlation & Regression, and Analysis of
evaluation results) besides applications using SPSS & SAS.
 Writing for Decision Makers
- Electronic Business Institute “Presentation Skills”, Egypt 8,12,13,19 Dec. 2004.
- August 2003 – March 2004:
Oracle Developer 9i

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Course on “Oracle Developer 9i” the training was provided in Cairo by Ministry of
Communications & IT (MCIT) & Orascom Scholarship. Course covered the following
issues:
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 SQL &PL-SQL
 Program unit
 Forms Building Internet Applications
 Report Builder
 Web-Development
- Faculty of Economics and Political science “SPSS 11”, Egypt, July 2002.
VII. CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS:
- Cairo Demographic Center “Designing Surveys", Egypt, Feb. 2005.
- Arab Planning Institute “Analysis of International Trade Performance", Kuiwat 11st –
15th March 2006.
- Arab Planning Institute “Structural reform policies and evaluation", Egypt 14th – 18th
May 2006.
- Arab Planning Institute “Institutional Enviroment Indicators", Egypt 10th – 14th Dec.
2006.
- Medibtikar 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Innovation “Empowering the
Mediterranean to innovate", Amman, Jordan 22nd October 2008.
VIII. PUBLICATION TITLES:
- Gamal Eldin, Engi (2012), “Assessing Egypt's higher education service quality from a
stakeholder's relative concept”, International Researchers, Vol. No. 1, Issue No. 3.
http://www.iresearcher.org/Current%20Issue%20Volume%20No.1%20Issue%20No.3.h
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- Participated in “Arab Reform Report 2009”, Cairo: Bibliotheca Alexandria, Oct. 2009.
- Gamal Eldin, Engi (2009), “Rapid Assessment on the impact of the Global Financial
Crisis in EGYPT”, Cairo: Institute of Statistical Studies and Research (ISSR), Cairo
University.
- Othman, Magued and Gamal Eldin, Engi and Zaki, Ghada (2008), “The Role of
Decision Support to speed up reform programs”, Cairo: The Cabinet of Information and
Decision Support Center (IDSC).
- Participated in “Arab Reform Report 2008”, Cairo: Bibliotheca Alexandria, March
2008.
IX. SKILLS:
- Languages:
Arabic : Excellent, read, write, comprehension
English : Excellent, read, write, comprehension
(IELTS Band Score: 6.5)
Reading: 6.5, Writing: 6.5, Listening: 6.5, and Speaking: 7.
French : Poor
Germany : Having a course in level 2 about 4 hours weekly at MODLI.
- Social Skills and Competences:

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I am a well-designed / well–organized person, very responsible, self-respected and self-motivated
person, I have a strong referential values of fairness, equity and dignity.
I do prefer making frequent eye contact and smiling when greeting others and talking,
capable of start talking to someone whom I don’t know or I don’t know well, capable of
keeping good working relations with people of different national and cultural
backgrounds.
I have good ability to maintain contacts not expecting the other persons ‘to do the whole
job’ of keeping up the friendship.
I am very thoughtful, helpfulness, friendly, forgiving person and empathy too, I do
allow and respect distance and closeness, I do love listening and showing interest to
others, showing appropriate affection and appreciation.
I am capable of expressing my feelings without being aggressive, besides dealing with
conflicts rationally and calmly, and finally capable of understanding others feelings and
showing a caring way to what others are feeling.
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- Organizational Skills and Competences:
Seeking a broader experience in research methods in socio-economic issues, getting
used to the external experiences in the field of study and interest. I have done several
voluntary activities to which I committed myself, which gave me the opportunity to
exercise, prove and improve my technical and my social skills too as an organized
person with a problem solving attitude. I have the capability to resolve surprises,
challenges, tensions of various natures, so as to arrive deliverables as planned. I too
have the ability to adapt, improve, redesign ideas, tools and methods. I do always meet
the objectives set; produce deliverables with prescribed norms and conditions.
- Computer Skills and Competences:
I have a good command of Operating Systems and a number of software packages
including word processing, spreadsheet, powerpoint, data base. In addition, I am
Certified ISQL (1Z0-007 Introduction to Oracle 9i : SQL).
- Technical Skills and Competences:
Experience in statistical analysis and proficiency in the use of one or more major
statistical packages such as: STATA, SPSS, E-Views 4, Tora in analyzing qualitative
and quantitative data, besides building up econometric models. Strong research skills.
Experience in research design, implementation and analysis.
- Personnel Skills:
Capable to work for long time under pressure. Capable of taking decisions through hard
times, and to perform in high spirit through severest conditions. Capability to work with
others in a team spirit or work alone. Ability to lead, to concentrate and to work through
Dead Time Lines. High ability for self study, High ability to learn and understand .In
simple words I know I am someone good to invest your money in.
X. OBJECTIVES:
Seeking for working in a firm where I can find challenging spirit of work and enlarge
my capabilities to serve the firm and keep the challenge up with myself. And to learn
more to add to my knowledge and experience. And to keep learning something new
everyday.
XI. HOBBIES:
Reading, Sports, Music, Movies & Computer. Hanging Out and Mother Nature.
XII. REFERENCES:
Asked upon request.