Abd elrhman Elzahi Saaid
Associate Prof. Dr., Islamic Development Bank, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
e-mail: aelzahi@isdb.org
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics (Research area Banking), International Islamic University Malaysia, (December 2002)
M.Sc. (Economics), Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan (1998)
Bachelor in Banking and Export (First class), College of Business Studies, Sudan University of Sciences and Technology (1994)
POSITION HELD
Workshop Executor, MBA and DBA Program,
Greenwich University (Private Academic Institutions -Malaysia), (December, 2000-15/11/2002)
Head of Economic Department
Sudan University of Science and Technology
College of Business Studies
(April 2003 - January2004)
Head Department of Banking and Finance
Sudan University of Science and Technology
College of Business Studies
(April 2007 - April 2008)
Manager of Sudanese Malaysian Studies Center
Sudan University of Science and Technology
(April 2008 – June, 2008)
CURRENT POSITION
Economist Researcher
Islamic Research and Training Institute
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
(June, 2008-until now)
MEMBER OF
University Senate (2007-2008)
Faculty Board (2007-2008)
Faculty Research Board (2007-2008)
Published Researches
1. Measuring the Sudanese Islamic Banks’ Scale Efficiency, Technological Change and TFP Growth Using Translog Cost Function, Tafakur, issue No. (2) Vol. 5, (2003) Aljazeera University, Sudan
2. Measurement and Sources of Technical Inefficiency: Some Evidence from Sudan: Journal of Analysis 10 (1), 89-106 (2003), University Utara Malaysia
3. The X-Efficiency of the Sudanese Islamic Banks, Journal of Economics and Management Science, International Islamic University, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2003).
4. The Efficiency of the Islamic Monetary System, Some evidence from Sudan, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 5, No.1, 2004, University of Mohammadiyyah, Indonesia.
5. Output Allocative and Technical Efficiency in Sudanese Islamic Banks: an empirical investigation, Journal of Banking and Financial Studies, Higher Institute for Banking Studies, Sudan, No.8, 2004...
6. Multi-input and multi-output cost function analysis: Some evidence From Islamic Banks, Tafakur, issue, (2008) Aljazeera University, Sudan
7. The Implication of Islamic Banks Market Structures for Risk and Financial Stability, July, 2009. Forthcoming
BOOKS
1. Wealth Creation, from Islamic prospective, Edinburgh University Press, U.K Edited by Manwar Iqbql and Rodney Wilson, (2005), (One Chapter: The X-efficiency of Sudanese Islamic Banks).
2. Elements of Banking (in Arabic-1998)
3. The experience of Sudanese Banks: An empirical approach, (Forthcoming in English). (Co-author).
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. The 3rd International Symposium on Graduate Management Research “Sustenance of Management Development” University Utara Malaysia, Presenter, 2002
2. International Seminar of Islamic Wealth Creation, University of Durham, UK, July,7-9, 2003, Presenter,
3. The 4th Seminar on Islamic Economics, Banking, Insurance and Finance, Durban, Southern Africa 15-17/11/2008, Presenter and IDB’s Coordinator
4. The International Conference on Islamic Economics and Economies of the OIC Countries, Scheduled to be held on 28th -29th, April 2009 at KEMS/IIUM, K.L, Malaysia
5. There are three forthcoming conferences in Bahrain (Oct. 2009), Nigeria (Oct. 2009) and Sudan (April, 2010)
AWARDS
Excellent Academic Student award: Awarded by the Student Union of Sudan University of Science and Technology (1992)
