Islam Abdelbary

Researches and Consulting

Fields of Interest

Institutional Economics
Economic Development
Political Economy of Policy Reform
Health Economics
Macroeconomic policies

Book

Abdelbary, Islam. 2021. Reviving Arab Reform: Development Challenges and Opportunities. Bingley,England, Emerald Publishing.

Abdelbary, Islam, Sandra Haddad, and Ghada Elkady, eds. Cases on International Business Logistics in the Middle East. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4686-7

Abdelbary, Islam. 2024. The Art of the Literature Review: A Simplified Practical Guide for Academic Success . [Kindle version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com.

Published Papers

Abozaied, Shady, Sara Elzarka, and Islam Abdelbary (2025), "Assessing Chinese–Egyptian bilateral trade dynamics under the One Belt One Road initiative: augmented gravity model approach." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies.
Islam Abdelbary and Rasha Elshawa (2023), "Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool: A Case Study of the Iran-West Conflict", Migration Letters, Volume: 20, No: S7(2023), pp. 215-237, DOI: https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v20iS7.4392
Islam Abdelbary, Gamal Haikal & Nourhan Boushra (2023) “Covid-19 Vaccination and the Stock Market: A Tale of Two Economies”, International Journal of Central Banking, 19 (1), 618-633.
Islam Abdelbary (2023), “Decoding Buy Now, Pay Later in Egypt: A Dive into Adoption Drivers and Financial Behaviors”, Arab economic research, issue 87, No 1,DOI: 10.21608/ASFER.2023.320991
Islam Abdelbary, Naira Shokair, Ishaka Shitu. 2023 "Impact of COVID-19 on the global container shipping industry", International Business Logistics, Vol 3, No 1 , DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21622/IBL.2023.03.1.001
Islam Abdelbary (2023).The Impact of Reform on the Economic Growth Trajectory of Sub-Saharan Africa. 3C Empresa. Investigación y pensamiento crítico, 12(1), 226-241. https://doi.org/10.17993/3cemp.2023.120151.226-241
Islam Abdelbary (2023) “From Revolutions to Institutions: The Experience of Arab Reform”, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management.
Islam Abdelbary, Gamal Haikal & Dina Samir (2021) ‘Lazy Banks’: the case of Egypt, Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, DOI: 10.1080/17520843.2021.1998743
Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin. 2019 "Governance, Capital and Economic Growth in the Arab Region." The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Volume 73, August 2019, Pages 184-191 .
Islam Abdelbary. 2018. "Governance Matters and Economic Growth: Beyond the Egyptian Revolution." Theoretical Economics Letters Vol. 8 no. 4: 741-54.
Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin. 2018. "What Makes Arab Economies Fail? An Assessment of the Complementary Relationship between Socioeconomic Reforms and Institutions” Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies. Vol. 20, no. 1.

Book Chapters

Abdelbary, Islam, and Rasha Hassan Elshawa. "The Role of Logistics Operations in Humanitarian Aids: Lessons Learned From the Syria Crisis." In Cases on International Business Logistics in the Middle East, edited by Islam Abdelbary, Sandra Haddad, and Ghada Elkady, 205-229. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4686-7.ch011
Elgarhy, Aya, Islam Abdelbary, and Remonda Ashraf. "The Role of Entrepreneurial Thinking in Promoting Supply Chain Performance: A Case Study of Egyptian Startups." In Cases on International Business Logistics in the Middle East, edited by Islam Abdelbary, Sandra Haddad, and Ghada Elkady, 158-185. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4686-7.ch009
Haikal, Gamal, Islam Abdelbary, and Karim Soliman. "Investigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Supply Chain Performance: A Case Study on Ghazala Steel Fabrication, Steel Industry." In Cases on International Business Logistics in the Middle East, edited by Islam Abdelbary, Sandra Haddad, and Ghada Elkady, 143-156. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4686-7.ch008

Abdelbary, Islam, and James K. A. Benhin. "Political Governance and Sustainable Development: The Role of Theory." In Impacts of Political Instability on Economics in the MENA Region, edited by Philippe W. Zgheib, 1-46. 1st ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8247-2.ch002
Abdelbary, Islam, and James K. A. Benhin. "Governance and Economic Growth in the Arab Region." In Impacts of Political Instability on Economics in the MENA Region, edited by Philippe W. Zgheib, 31-60. 1st ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8247-2.ch004.
Abdelbary, Islam, and James K. A. Benhin. "The Economic Reform and Political Transition: Potential and Challenges of Arab Development." In Impacts of Political Instability on Economics in the MENA Region, edited by Philippe W. Zgheib, 87-126. 1st ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8247-2.ch006.

Manuscripts under review

Upcoming book chapters- Handbook of Egyptian Economy, Oxford University Press (Expected in 2025)

- Key Drivers of Egyptian Economic Growth – Who is Actually Pulling the Cart?
- Reform Programs in Egypt – Why Have They Mostly Failed?

Technical reports

UNESCWA. 2021 "Arab LDCs: Development Challenges and Opportunities." In Governance and Conflict Prevention, 125. Beirut, Lebanon: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
Abdel-Wahab, M., Abdelbary, I., Dewedar,S., and Nabih, D., 2014. The Health Cost of Tobacco in Egypt, The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Final Report.

· Abdelbary, I. 2011. "Alexandria Adult Tobacco Survey " in Egypt: World Health Organization and Alexandria Network for Tobacco.

· Abdelbary, I. 2010. "Monitoring the Smoking Scenes in Drama: A Case Study during Holy Ramadan in 2009." In. Egypt: World Health Organization and Alexandria Network for Tobacco.

· Abdelbary, I., 2008 "The Effect of the Foreign Direct Investment in Egyptian development ", Leadership Management Development Centre, the Ministry of Investment, The first prize, Egypt.

Conference Proceedings and Working Papers

• Financial Development and Economic Diversification in GCC Countries: Evidence from Linear and Nonlinear Models, 18th annual scientific conference of the Arab Society for Economic Research (ASFER) at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University November 28 and 29, 2024, in Rabat , Morocco.

• The Assessment of Climate Risk Impact on the Macroeconomy in Developing Countries, Entrepreneurship for Sustainability & Impact (ESI), 6th International Conference, 17th- 19th October 2023, Doha, Qatar.

• The Role of the Financial Sector in Influencing Sustainable Development Financing in the GCC Countries, Entrepreneurship for Sustainability & Impact (ESI), 6th International Conference, 17th- 19th October 2023, Doha, Qatar.

• Towards Environmentally Sustainable Growth in GCC Countries: Panel Data Evidence on CO2 Emissions, 17th annual scientific conference of the Arab Society for Economic Research (ASFER) at Mohammed bin Rashid College November 4 and 5, 2023, in Dubai - United Arab Emirates.

Barakat.M, Ali.A, Abdelbary, I. & Hsroun.M “The impact of supply chain integration on operational performance through resilience under COVID 19 pandemic” the 8th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Systems (ICAMS 2020), October 1st - 3rd, 2020.

Islam Abdelbary” Institutions Reform and Economic Challenges: The story beyond the Arab Spring”, the fifth MENA Workshop of American Political Science Association (APSA), January 28 to February 1, 2019, Tunis, Tunisia.

· Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin” From Revolutions to Institutions: The Experience of Arab Reform and Economic Growth” the Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) meeting , in Atlanta, Georgia , USA. January 4 - 6, 2019

· Islam Abdelbary.” The Experience of Arab Economic Growth” the 3rd conference of the Economics of the Middle East, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne , Paris, France, Nov 5-7, 2018.

· Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin.” Imperfect reform: Potentials and challenges of Arab Development”, the 13th Annual University of Plymouth Faculty of Business Doctoral Conference (UPFoBDC), June 25-26, 2018.

· Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin, Institutions and The Challenge of Socioeconomic Development in The Arab Region, the 12th Annual Plymouth Doctoral Colloquium (UKPDC), Plymouth University’s Faculty of Business, June 5-6, 2017.

· Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin, What makes Arab economies fail? An assessment of the complementary relationship between socioeconomic reforms and Institutions, the 16th Annual International Conference of Middle East Economic Association 2017, and TED University Trade Research Center in Ankara, Turkey, May 18-20,2017.

· Islam Abdelbary, James Benhin and Paul Bishop , The effect of economic reform programs on Arab Economies Development from 1995 to 2014, the 15th Annual International Conference of Middle East Economic Association 2016, and The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) - Qatar, March 23-26, 2016.

· Islam Abdelbary and James Benhin, Economic Growth in Arab Countries: New Evidence from a panel data approach, 1st Conference of Future University in Egypt (FUE) in collaboration with the University of Central Florida (UCF), International Conference On Middle East Strategic Landscape: 100 Years After the First World War, in Cairo- Egypt, September 12-14, 2015.

· Islam Abdelbary, Governance Matters and Economic Growth in Egypt: Empirical Evidence after the Revolution, the 14th Annual International Conference MEEA 2015, in Hammamet- Tunisia, March 23-25, 2015.

· Islam Abdelbary, Factors that affect smoking phenomenon in Alexandria and MPOWER Policies, 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Singapore, 20-24 March 2012.

· Islam Abdelbary, Factors that affect smoking phenomenon: A case study in Alexandria, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 17th annual conferences, Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, POS1-48, P.53, 16-19 February 2011.

· K. M.Hanfy and Islam Abdelbary, The global monetary system after the global crisis (Arab vision), Arab Economic Association, the Tenth Scientific Conference, Beirut, 18 - 19 December 2009.

· Islam Abdel Bary, The relationship between drama and indirect promotion of Tobacco on TV Series, EMRO and Representative WHO Office in Egypt, December 2009

· Islam Abdel Bary, "The Effect of the Foreign Direct Investment in Egyptian development ", Leadership Management Development Centre, ministry of Investment, The first prize, Egypt, 2008.

· H. kashk ,Hany helal and Islam Abdel Bary, " Homeless children the Phenomenon and the Evaluation" field Study, Final Report, The Egyptian Centre for the Rights of the Child (ECRC), Plan International Organization, Alexandria, 2007

· Islam Abdel Bary, " A Young people and addiction among motivated and confrontation ", the second Anti-Drug Conference, the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood , the national project to protect children of drugs, The Best Research Award , Alexandria, December 2006.

· Islam Abdel Bary, " The youth role in the fight against terrorism ", the League of Arab States ,Arab Council for Training Students in Arab Universities, the ninth annual Conference in field "The Role of universities youth to confront the terrorism",6 October University , Egypt , September 10-15,2006.

· Islam Abdel Bary, "Corporate governance between Theory and application", the Economic Scientific Association, faculty of commerce, Alexandria University, 2005 .

· Islam Abdel Bary, "Economics of Drugs ", National Centre for Social Researches, the Annual research competition, the Best Scientific Research in Egyptian Universities, Cairo, July 2005 .