Education:
Ph.D., The George Washington University
Expertise:
International finance, global and emerging financial markets, central banking, economic development, privatization and financial sector development, corporate governance, regional financial crisis management, Middle East economics and Islamic finance, and the European Union
Background:
Dr. Rehman received her Ph.D. from The George Washington University. She is a Senior Research Fulbright Scholar and is the GW Director of the EU Research Center. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Trade and Finance Association.
Prior to teaching at GW, Dr. Rehman was a foreign exchange and money market trader in Bahrain. She is also a Senior Partner at the International Consultants Group which specializes in Middle East financial sector development and investment management. In 1997, she received a Senior Research Fulbright award to conduct a comprehensive study of South Asia-Pakistan economic and financial development. In 2001, she received the GW International Business Teaching Award and the GW Graduate Teaching Award. In 1998, she received the GW Bender Teaching Award and the First Annual Outstanding GW University Woman of the Year Award.
Dr. Rehman's recent books include: The Path to European Economic and Monetary Union, foreword by Sir Alan Walters (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997); Financial Crisis Management in Regional Blocs, editor (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998); The Quest For Stable Exchange Rate Systems For the Next Millenium, editor, Series in International Business & Finance (New York: JAI Press, 1999). She is currently working on a book on Islamic economic development.
In 2006, Dr. Rehman was invited to speak at the Douglas Y.Thomas Visiting Economist Series at Bradley University and Caterpillar Inc. on "Oil and Arms: A Disastrous Environment for Economic Growth in the Middle East." The Visiting Economist Series has featured seminars by such distinguished economists as Milton Friedman, Robert Barro, Deidre McCloskey, James Buchanan, and Douglas North.
Courses Taught:
Badm 145 International Financial Environment
IBus 171 International Business Finance
IBus 173 International Banking
IBus 175 International Monetary and Financial Issues
IBus 260 The New Global Competitive Framework
IBus 271 International Business Finance
MBAd 240 The World Economy
Last update: 10/24/2007
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