M. Riad El-Ghonemy
M. Riad El-Ghonemy | |||
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| Developmental Economist Senior United Nations Civil Servant | |||
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| Born | Delingat, Egypt | ||
| Citizenship | Egypt | ||
| Nationality | Egyptian | ||
| Children | 3 | ||
| Education | PhD, Agricultural Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh | ||
| Occupation | Economist, Academic | ||
M. Riad El-Ghonemy (January 24, 1923 - February 4, 2019) was an author and development economist from Egypt. El-Ghonemy was born in Delingat, Egypt, a village in the Nile Delta region. El-Ghonemy's career spanned six decades, with educational roots that began by earning a scholarship for post secondary education in the United States, where he completed a PhD in Agricultural Economics.
El-Ghonemy then worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for 28 years. In his work at FAO, El-Ghonemy developed policies and programs to assist farmers and societies with food shortages worldwide, helping millions achieve a better standard of living. His work asserted that an unchecked market economy[1] is not the answer to global standards of living,[2][3][4] and that one solution does not fit all. Rather, the challenge for professionals is to address economic underdevelopment on a case-by-case basis, ensuring the participation of those whose lives are being affected in the process.
After retiring from the UN, El-Ghonemy turned his focus to working in academia and writing books and articles based on his global experience.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
His writings[13][14] concentrated on providing evidence on persistent rural poverty, hunger, and increased inequality in developing countries. El-Ghonemy was an elected Honorary Lifetime Associate at the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. He was married for 57 years to Marianne Ruth Snell (September 23, 1928 – July 16, 2016). El-Ghonemy died on February 4, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt at the age of 96. He is survived by his daughter and two sons.
References
- ↑ "The Political Economy of Rural Poverty: The Case for Land Reform". The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 50 , Issue 2. Cambridge University Press: 364. March 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction" (PDF). World Bank Policy Research Report. The World Bank & Oxford University Press: 220. 2003.
- ↑ "Agrarian Reform and Rural Development: Historical Overview and Current Issues" (PDF). Rural Development, Environment and Populations Studies Group. Institute of Social Studies (ISS) part of Erasmus University Rotterdam: 25. 2007.
- ↑ Saskia Tait (2003). "PROPERTY MATTERS: SYNERGIES AND SILENCES BETWEEN LAND REFORM RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT POLICY" (PDF). Journal of Public and International Affairs. Princeton University. 14: 21.
- ↑ T. Falola; J. Morgan; BA Oyeniyi (2012). Culture and customs of Libya. Abc-clio. p. 140.
- ↑ Michel Baumer; Edmond Bernus (1979). "A Selective Bibliography on Nomadism in The Sahelo-Saharian Zones" (PDF). Arid Lands Newsletter: 21.
- ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (January 7, 1993). Land, Food and Rural Development in North Africa. San Francisco, CA: Westview Press. p. 192. ISBN 0813385563.
- ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (March 26, 1998). Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 041510033X.
- ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (December 13, 2010). Egypt in the Twenty First Century: Challenges for Development (Routledge-Curzon Advances in the Middle East and Islamic Studies) (First ed.). London: Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-0415612845.
- ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (August 17, 2009). Anti-Poverty Land Reform Issues Never Die: Collected essays on development economics in practice (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 248. ISBN 978-0415497015.
- ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (April 26, 2007). The Crisis of Rural Poverty and Hunger: An Essay on the Complementarity between Market- and Government-Led Land Reform for its Resolution (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 254. ISBN 978-0415396578.
- ↑ "Land Reform and Economic Development in the Near East". Land Economics. University of Wisconsin Press. Volume 44 (No. 1): 36–49. 1968.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help);|issue=has extra text (help) - ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (1967). "Land Policy in the Near East" (PDF). Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Land Policy and Settlement for the Near East. Tripoli, Libya: 247.
- ↑ El-Ghonemy, M. Riad (September 25, 1990). The Political Economy of Rural Poverty: The Case for Land Reform. Routledge. p. 360. ISBN 0415040825.
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