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Elwaleed Ahmed Talha, Ph.D.

Email: elwaleed.ahmed@aol.com Mobile: (+249)912327779
Date of Birth: 20/08/1982
RESEARCH INTEREST :( Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies)

EDUCATION
1- The University of Tokyo, Japan M.Sc. in Public Policy/Economic Policy (2014)
2- Sudan University of Sciences and Tech. Ph.D. in Economics (2012)
3- Sudan University of Sciences and Tech. M.Sc. in Banking Sciences. (2008)
4- Sudan Academy for Banking Sciences B.Sc. in Banking & Financial Sciences (Distinction)
(2001)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1- Research Economist Central Bank of Sudan (Sep. 2007 until now)

Statistics Department (Sep. 2007 Aug. 2012)

Monetary Policy Department ( Sep. 2014 August 2015)
Research Department (Sep. 2015 until now)

SHORT-TERM CONTRACT:
1- Research Assistant The University of Tokyo (Feb. 3rd March 26th 2014)
2- Economic Consultant (ILO) DWT/Cairo (Oct. 2015 to present)
3- Research Consultant COMESA (Oct. Dec. 2017)

VOLUNTEERING JOBS:
4- Founder/President Sudanese Economic Association SEA (Feb. 2017 to present)

PUBLICATIONS:
1. INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED REFEREED JOURNALS:

a) Does Money Demand Causes Inflation? Case Study of Sudan Using Instrumental Variable
Technique, British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade (BJEM&T) -
2016/BJEMT/27692 http://sciencedomain.org/journal/20/articles-press
b) Currency Devaluation and Inflation Dynamic in Sudan , EPRA International Journal of
Economic and Business Review (EBR) (ISI Indexed), SJIF Impact Factor: 5.509

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(Morocco) , ISI Impact Factor : 1.259 (Dubai, UAE) e-ISSN : 2347-9671, p-ISSN : 2349-0187
http://epratrust.com/articles/ , June 2016
c) The End of Sudans Episode of Hyperinflation in 1990s, Scholars Journal of
Economics, Business and Management (SJEBM) Scholar Academic & Scientific
Publishers (An International Publisher for Academic & Scientific Research)
http://saspjournals.com/sjebm ; ISSN-2348-5302(Online) & ISSN-2348-8875 (Print),
Vol.-3, Issue-4 (April, 2016).
d) TALHA & TRAIO, Assessing the Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy
Transmission Mechanism in Sudan using Panel Data 2010-2016 COMESA Monetary
Institute. http://cmi.comesa.int/

2. WORKING PAPERS IN PROGRESS

a) TALHA & Alain NAEF, Analyzing Asymmetric Information in the Foreign Exchange
Market in Sudan: Focusing on the Black Market Mechanism.
b) TALHA & GAFAR, Remittances and Exchange Rate Volatility in Sudan during (2000-
2015)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (September 2014 up to present)

I have been working as a part-time lecturer teaching economics related courses at the following
universities, where the main language of instructions and assessments is English.

2- Sudan Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences

o Financial Institutions (Undergraduate)

o Banking and Financial System in Sudan (Undergraduate)

3- University of Medical Sciences and Technology Department of Economics and

Finance. [ courses I have taught]

o Microeconomic theory (Undergraduate)

o Business Economic (Postgraduate - MBA)
o Managerial Economic (Postgraduate- MBA)

4- Elrazi University - College of Business Administration Department of Economics.[

courses I have been teaching]

o Macroeconomic theory (Undergraduate)

o Microeconomic theory (Undergraduate)
o Managerial Economics (Undergraduate)
o Economic Development (Undergraduate)

5- Ministry of Finance (Sudan) Academy of Economic and Finance

o Macroeconomic Policy course

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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

o (JJ/WBGSP) World Bank Scholar to the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public
Policy (October 2012- September 2014)
o Distinction Certificates and Part-Scholarship were awarded during undergraduate level.
o Second class-scholarship for excellence student: I was ranked No 2 among the cohort and
bestowed result to my excellence during undergraduate level.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1- International Conference in Islamic Finance, Papers presenter (Impact of Financial
Crisis on Islamic Banking) - Islamic Development Bank, 2010.
2- GPPN student Conference, Academic Committee Member, The University of Tokyo,
Graduate School of Public Policy, Tokyo, Japan, 2013.

COMPUTER SKILLS
1- Econometrics and Statistical Software Packages(e.g. E-views, SPSS, MATLAB , and STATA
2- Diploma In computer Sciences The University of Juba

LANGUAGES:
Arabic (Mother tongue)
English: Fluent
Japanese: Intermediate
French: Beginner

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

1- "Macroeconomics Policies, Jobs, Inclusive Growth " International Training Center
International Labor Organization Italy Turin (14th 18th November 20116)
2- "Implementation of Monetary Policy " Economic Policy Institute Arabic Monetary
Fund UAE (25th 27th April 2016)
3- "Macroeconomics Modeling, for Labor Market Analysis" International Training Center
International Labor Organization Italy Turin (7th 13th August 2015)
4- "Advanced Topics on Monetary Economics" Gerzensee Study Center Swiss National
Bank Switzerland ( 18th 30th August 2015)
5- "The Economic Impact of Abenomic on Growth in Japan", Asian Development Bank
Institute, Tokyo, Japan, January 2014.
6- "Financial Programming and Policies ", IMF, USA, Washington DC, June 18th 2012
7- "Services Trade and Remittances Workshop", Middle East Technical Assistance Center -
IMF, Beirut - Lebanon. April 2nd 2011.
8- "Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions", African Development
Bank, Tunis, Tunisia. November 26th 2010.

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9- International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance, Islamic Development Bank,

Khartoum Sudan, April 5th 2010.
10- Data Quality and External Trade Indices, United Nation ESCWA, Beirut, Lebanon,
December 15th 2009.

REFERENCES
1- Mr. Abdikarim M. Farah, IMF Resident Representative in Sudan, afarah@imf.org Tel.
(+249) 187 056 324
2- Mr. Jean Galand, Senior Economist at International Monetary Fund IMF - Washington
DC Email: jgaland@imf.org
3- Professor. Tsutomu Watanabe, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics,
University of Tokyo, E-mail: watanabe@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp
3TU U3T

4- HIWATARI, Nobuhiro, professor of political economy, Institute of Social Sciences The

University of Tokyo - E-mail: hiwatari@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp
3TU U3T

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