Nader Kabbani

GRM 2012 Workshop: A Growing Gulf: Public and Private Sector Initiatives and the Realities of Youth Employment Outcomes

Director Policy, Knowledge, and Research - Silatech

Nader Kabbani is Director of Research and Policy at Silatech, a not-for-profit organization that aims to empower young people in the Arab world by connecting them to opportunities for employment, enterprise, and civil engagement. Prior to joining Silatech, Kabbani was the founding Director of the Syrian Development Research Centre at the Syria Trust for Development, a non-profit NGO based in Damascus. He has also served as a faculty member with the Department Economics at the American University of Beirut and as an Economist with the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kabbani obtained a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1992. He was selected as a California State Senate Fellow and worked with the State Senate Office of Research between 1992 and 1994. Kabbani went on to complete a Ph.D. in Economics at the Johns Hopkins University in 2001. Kabbani currently serves a Non-Resident Scholar with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut and is an elected member of the Board of the NGO Platform in Syria. Kabbani has published articles in numerous journals, including Teachers College Record and Journal of Human Resources and has contributed articles to a number of edited volumes.