Randa Hamza is a researcher in the Economic and Business History Research Center at the American University in Cairo. She earned her Master’s degree with highest Honours in Economics in International Development at the American University in Cairo. She finished her undergraduate studies with Honours at the School of Economics at the American University in Cairo, Majoring in Economics and acquiring a Minor degree in International Relations. Randa has a specific interest in development policies and the role of planning in developing countries. She has contributed a number of research projects to the field, some of which include the experience of microcredit organizations in Egypt, the effects of foreign aid on the development of emerging economies and the analysis of the Egyptian industrialisation and privatisation
policies.