Author: Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali

Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali is a Senior Economist at the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI). Before joining IsDBI, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Sudan University of Science and Technology. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Omdurman Islamic University of Sudan and a PhD in Economics from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Abdelrahman has written and edited many research articles and academic publications, including The Revitalization of Waqf for Socio-Economic Development (Volume I&II, Palgrave, 2019), Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Islamic Finance (Volume I&II), Palgrave, 2020) and Empowering the Poor through Financial and Social Inclusion in Africa - An Islamic Perspective (Palgrave, 2022).