Background

Bessma Momani is both a Senior Fellow at CIGI and Associate Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Momani's current research examines International Monetary Fund reform through changing internal organizational behaviour and the history of IMF Executive Board seat allocation. In addition to specializing on the International Monetary Fund at its policies, Dr. Momani examines economic liberalization in the Middle East and has written on the U.S. Middle East Free Trade Area, Euro-Mediterranean trade initiatives, economic integration of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the future of petrodollars, and liberalization in Egypt.